Prevalence of trematode in wild fish from fishing in Ho Chi Minh City
Pham Cu Thien, Pham Thi Thuy Diem, Nguyen Thien Huong, Huynh Huy, Pham Nguyen Anh Thu, Tong Xuan Tam
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A research on the prevalence of fishborne zoonotic trematodes (FZT), metacercariae stage, in wild fish from fishing in Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe, Tau Hu – Ben Nghe and Thay Cai – An Ha canals was conducted in Ho Chi Minh City in the period of May 2017 and April 2018. The results showed that no metacercariae were found in fish in Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe and Tau Hu – Ben Nghe canals. However, wild fish in Thay Cai – An Ha canal were infected with Haplorchis pumilio and Centrocestus formosanus. Metacecariae were infected in silver barb (80%), climbing perch (11.7%), snakehead (7.5%), and walking catfish (1.7%). The FZT prevalence in the wet season is significantly higher than in the dry season (P
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Tạp chí của Trường Đại học Sư phạm Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ; ISSN: 1859 -3100