PREVALENCE OF NYCTOTHERUS AND BALANTIDIUM IN DIFFERENT ANURAN AMPHIBIANS OF AURANGABAD
T.T. SHAIKH *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, DR. B.A. MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD-431008, INDIA
S.R. NIKAM *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, DR. B.A. MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD-431008, INDIA.
R.N. JADHAV *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, DR. B.A. MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY AURANGABAD-431008, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
During the present study two species of ciliates from different anuran amphibians were encountered in a period of one year (June 2003-May 2004), about 355 frogs were examined output of which 254 were found to be positive for ciliate infection, the percentage of incidence was 71.54%.
Keywords: Ciliates, anuran amphibian