The helminth parasitofauna of <i>Bufo Regularis</i> (Reuss) in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

The Helminth Parasitofauna of Bufo Regularis (Reuss) in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

“…It also had the highest prevalence of 24% in table 3 with mean intensity of 5.04. This is in accordance with the observation of [11], [12] to the effect that it is the main species found in rain forest and mangrove forest of South Western Nigeria. From the findings in the present study (table 1) Rhabdias bufonis which is a species of nematode had the highest prevalence of 11% and a mean intensity of infection 6.18. the species was found only the lungs of the toads.…”

“…The result of this research as reported in tables 3 and 4, showed that A.africanum infested the stomach and intestine of both male and female toads. This is in line with [12] who recovered the same nematode from both stomach and intestine of B. regularis intestine in their study of helmith parasite fauna of B.regularis Amphibian in Ile-Ife,Nigeria; [14] reported on helminth parasites of anurans from the savannah mosaic zone of southern Nigeria. Polystoma prudhoei which was originally described from P.oxyrhynchus in B. regularis was a new host record for the parasite discovered.…”

“…The result of this research as reported in table 1, showed that six parasites made up of five nematodes, one trematode and a pentastomid infested the B. regularis population at Awka. This finding is in many respect similar to the result of [12] who recovered five nematodes, one cestode and one trematode in their study of helminth paasitofauna of the same amphibians in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. It would seem that nematodes are the known prevalent parasites of B.regularis in Nigeria.…”

“…The helminth parasites of anurans from the five locations in the savannah-mosaic and one in the transitional vegetation zone of Edo State of Nigeria were investigated [5] and reported a work done with a total of 200 adult male toads (B. regularis) captured from Assiul locality (Upper Egypt), the toads were examined for the testicular infection with Myxobulus sp. They discovered that ten toads showed various degree of infectivity detected by means of light and electron microscopy; [11] reported that arthropods and predominantly ants and termites as prey; [12] mainly found ants in dissected specimens [14] reports on a diet comprising ants, beetles, termites, spiders, orthopterans, butterflies and flies, with variations of the diet spectrum depending on the respective seasons and altitudes. If the weather happens to be rather wet, the proportion of termites increases considerably.…”

A Study on the Contamination of Khabur River With Heavy Metals Due to Spatial and Seasonal Discharged Wastewater in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

“…The mean concentration of Mn inside and after Zakho City nearly similar (Figure 2, c). Mn deposition in water is caused by leachate migration, neighbouring water bodies, and low-lying terrain (Oluyemi & Olabanji, 2011). Alam et al studied heavy metal pollution in the area surrounding the waste open dump site of Mogla Bazar in Sylhet, Bangladesh.…”