›› 2009, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 23-188.

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Field Investigation of Sparganosis in Frogs in Huaxi Area

MAO Jia-zhi1, ZHOU Bi-jun2, WANG Kai-gong2, WEN Ming2 *   

  1. 1 South Distract Hospital of Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China;2 Animal Disease Institute of Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-04-30 Published:2009-04-30

Abstract: Frogs were caught from 4 towns in Huaxi of Guiyang and dissected. The collected spargana were used to infect young dogs for species identification. Results showed that the wild frogs were identified as Rana nigromaculata, and the infection rate was 16% (131/818) with an average intensity infection of 3.44 per frog, The tapeworm obtained from an infected dog was specified as Spirometra mansoni.

Key words: Sparganosis, Ranidas, Survey, Guizhou