QUINQUESERIALIS QUINQUESERIALIS - SPECIFIC PARASITE OF MUSKRAT, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SOME HEMATOLOGIC PARAMETERS OF THE HOST

Abstract

Data on infection of muskrat by trematoda species Quinqueserialis quinqueserialis in the Selenga River Delta are presented in this paper. The indexes of infection of muskrat by parasite in 2011 are similar to those in 1981 and 1982. The study is the first attempt to assess the influence of infestation on structure and. quantity leucocytes of blood of infected muskrat in Lake Baikal basin.

Keywords

• quinqueserialis quinqueserialis
• quinqueserialis quinqueserialis
• buryatia
• muskrat
• blood leukocytes
• index