JOURNAL OF VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue: 2

Population density of Indoplanorbis exustus in Barpeta district of Assam, India

  • Author:
  • K.H. Bulbul1*, M. Das, S. Islam, P.C. Sarmah, S. Tamuly2, P. Borah3, J. Hussain4
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 102 to 108

1Division of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India

2Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India

3Department of Animal Biotechnology and Livestock Production and Management, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India

4Department of Livestock Production and Management, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology-Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir-190006, India

Department of Veterinary ParasitologyCollege of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara- 781022, Assam, India

*Corresponding author. Email: khbulbul@rediffmail.com

Online published on 10 February, 2021.

Abstract

Indoplanorbis exustus snails play a pivotal role in transmission of trematodes like schistosomes, amphistomes and echinostomes in livestock and human beings. The present study was carried out to determine the population density of I. exustus in different water bodies of Barpeta district of Assam during 2014–2016. The population density of I. exustus in terms of man-hour collection per meter square area (MHC/m2) in different water bodies showed an increasing trend from July to September and then gradually declined towards November. The overall MHC/m2 ranged from 1.97+0.134 to 35.46+1.13 during the investigation period. On the other hand, water body wise/area-wise MHC/m2 showed the highest density in grazing lands (29.76+1.506 and 28.33+1.948) and lowest in rivers (10.21+1.081 and 8.73+0.948) in 2014–2015 and 2015–2016, respectively, the difference being statistically significant (p<0.01) between the months and areas. Population density of I. exustus in the study areas would provide insights into the intensity of trematode infections in livestock.

Keywords

Indoplanorbis exustus, Snail, Population density, Barpeta, Assam