THE INFLUENCE OF METACERCARIAE OF DIPLOSTOMUM (TREMATODA) ON TRE RESPIRATION OF HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS (BLOCH)
N. K. DUBEY *
DEPARTMENT OF ZooLogy, C. M. SCIENCE COLLEGE, DARBHANGA-84.6004.
P. K. PANDEY *
DEPARTMENT OF ZooLogy, C. M. SCIENCE COLLEGE, DARBHANGA-84.6004.
USHIA DUBEY *
DEPARTMENT OF ZooLogy, C. M. SCIENCE COLLEGE, DARBHANGA-84.6004.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Oxygen consumption increases in Diplostomum infected H. fossilis. The rate of increase is dependent on the intensity of infection. The percent increase in a given grade of infection is more in surfacing prevented than in surfacing allowed condition.