Parasitosis and zoonosis in mice and rats caught in and around Beytepe Village
Sahin, I.
Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni 13(3): 283-290
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0374-9096 PMID: 553997 Document Number: 146647
This helmintho-zoonotic investigation has been made on 106 mice and rats from different species caught in and around of Beytepe Village, these animals are reservoirs for a number of zoonotic parasites and most of these parasites are causative agents of zoonosis in man. The parasites found and their prevalences are; Sphacia obvelata: 42.4%, Sphacia muris: 28.3%, Aspicularis tetraptera: 14.1%, Ascaris lumbricoides (Pseudo.) 2.8%, Gongylonema neoplasticum: 1.8% Trichuris muris: 6.6%, Capillaria gastrica: 2.8%, Taenia pisiformis(lar.) 3.7%, Taenia taeniformis (1.) 3.7%, Hymenolepis nana: 5.6% Hymenolepis diminuta 3.7%.