[Field investigation of sparganosis in frogs in Huaxi area].
Frogs were caught from 4 towns in Huaxi of Guiyang and dissected. The collected spargana were used to infect young dogs for species identification. Results showed that the wild frogs were identified as Rana nigromaculata, and the infection rate was 16% (131/818) with an average intensity infection of 3.44 per frog, The tapeworm obtained from an infected dog was specified as Spirometra mansoni.
South Distract Hospital of Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Jia-Zhi
JZ
Mao
Bi-Jun
BJ
Zhou
Kai-Gong
KG
Wang
Ming
M
Wen
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D011898:Ranidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*