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Detection of Helminth Parasites in Commercialized Turtles: Threats to Native Testudines in Northeast India


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approaches is poorly adopted for their proper conservation. The present study examined the commercialized turtles in northeast India and reported the presence of helminth parasites (nematodes and trematodes) in three highly threatened turtles, Nilssonia gangetica, Nilssonia nigrican, and Chitra indica. Both N. gangetica and N. nigricans have been found to be the first host records of the trematode, Astiotrema reniferum. Further, C. indica is a new host record for the trematode, Stunkardia dilymphosa, which assumed to be host specific suitability due to difference in body size. Additionally, the study highlighted the urgent need of enforcing the veterinary studi

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Testudines, Helminths, Northeast India, Conservation Management.
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Authors

Shantanu Kundu
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Pallab Maity
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Anjum N. Rizvi
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Kaomud Tyagi
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Vikas Kumar
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India

Abstract


approaches is poorly adopted for their proper conservation. The present study examined the commercialized turtles in northeast India and reported the presence of helminth parasites (nematodes and trematodes) in three highly threatened turtles, Nilssonia gangetica, Nilssonia nigrican, and Chitra indica. Both N. gangetica and N. nigricans have been found to be the first host records of the trematode, Astiotrema reniferum. Further, C. indica is a new host record for the trematode, Stunkardia dilymphosa, which assumed to be host specific suitability due to difference in body size. Additionally, the study highlighted the urgent need of enforcing the veterinary studi

Keywords


Testudines, Helminths, Northeast India, Conservation Management.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv120%2Fi2%2F2020%2F137330