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Abstract
Rodents are important in many ecosystems
because they reproduce rapidly, and can function as
food source for predators, mechanisms for seed
dispersal and as diseases vectors. Rodents may act as
reservoir hosts for important human parasitic diseases.
Rodents play a significant role in public health, Chiefly
due to their role as carriers or reservoirs of microbes and
parasites of zoonotic importance.
The present study was focused on
histopathological changes of rodent liver and small
intestine infected with a larval and adult cestodes
recorded at two locations situated at Sohag, Egypt. This
study reported infection rate of 56% and 32% for
rodents at the two locations, respectively. The study also
showed that the incidence in females is higher than in
males in the second location compared with that of the
first location .
The study revealed that The infection percentages
of the present rodent with the adult tapeworm
Hymenolepis diminuta were (12% females) and (16%
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males) and (12% females) and (8% males) in first and
second sites, respectively.
Analysis of variance for the present results was
shown significant seasonal fluctuations in rodent body
weight (F= 9.292, P<0.001) and rodent length 9.292 (F=
7.477, P<0.001). Also, male and female rodent were
shown significant differences in body weight (F=
11.256, P=0.003), and no significant differences in
rodent length. The two investigated sites almost similar
in the studied parameters no significant differences were
recorded.
The high infections of rodent individuals with
helminthes were recorded in summer and autumn. This
observation may be related to food resources and/or
invertebrate intermediate host availability in the case of
helminth species with indirect life cycles. The present
data of the prevalence and abundance of helminthes
(larva in liver and adult in small intestine) in rodents
showed high peaks in summer and autumn.
Monthly numbers of general infection, larva in
liver, adult in small intestine and the total collected