GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTH INFECTION OF LABORATORY MICE AND WILD RODENTS IN AIZAWL, MIZORAM

SUBHAMOY GHOSH¹, GAUTAM PATRA²*, LEENA ROY³, SONJOY KUMAR BORTHAKUR⁴, H. LALRINKIMA^5
1Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, India
²Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, India
³Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, India
⁴Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, India
⁵Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, India
* Corresponding Author : gautampatra488@gmail.com

Received : 31-10-2016     Accepted : 25-12-2016     Published : 28-12-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 5       Pages : 194 - 196
Int J Parasitol Res 8.5 (2016):194-196

Keywords : Rodents, Helminths, Zoonosis, Aizawl, Mizoram
Academic Editor : Suman Kundu
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors duly acknowledged the Dean, College of Veterinary Sciences & A.H., Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram for providing necessary facilities to conduct the study
Author Contribution : G and LR prepared the initial version of the manuscript and conducted Laboratory works. SKB and LK helped in the collection of literature and supervised the work and GP donethe scientific and technical corrections

The aim of this study was to investigate various helminth infections of laboratory mice, musk rats as well as in wild rats which were trapped from various areas of Aizawl. The study showed that the laboratory mice were infected with mostly two species of cestodes and one species of nematode. The musk rats were found to be infected with one species of cestode namely Rodenolepis microstoma and one species of nematode, Capillaria hepatica. However, Trichinella sp larvae could be recovered from muscle of wild rats. The prevalence of helminthic infection in laboratory mice were Hymenolepis diminuta (30%), Hymenolepis nana,(20%), Cysticercus fasciolaris (5%) and Syphaciamuris (10%), respectively. In musk rats, Rodenolepes microstoma (5%), Capillaria hepatica(5%) andin wild rats Trichinellasplarvae(1%) were recorded. Since most of the helminths found in rodents are of zoonotic importance, the results suggest that rats either domestic or wild may be acted as a source of helminth transmission to human in this region of India.