Table-2.
Mean worm load, relative abundance, and species diversity of helminths in Asian house shrews.
| Parasites (n) | Forest (n=22) | Dwelling (n=39) | Cropland (n=25) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSI | NPF | MWL | RA | SD | NSI | NPF | MWL | RA | SD | NSI | NPF | MWL | RA | SD | |
| Hymenolepis spp. (51) | 13 | 45 | 3.46 | 0.5 | 0.32 | 26 | 47 | 2 | 0.55 | 0.34 | 12 | 38 | 2.7 | 0.44 | 0.19 |
| Taenia spp. (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 1.16 | 0.07 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 1.16 | 0.03 |
| Capillaria spp. (9) | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.06 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 7 | 8 | 12.1 | 0.09 | 0.14 |
| Strongyloides spp. (15) | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.19 | 6 | 19 | 5.3 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 4 | 11 | 9.25 | 0.13 | 0.09 |
| Physaloptera spp. (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0.29 | 0.04 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 0.13 | 0.05 |
| Echinostoma spp. (3) | 1 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0.06 | 2 | 29 | 3.5 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 20 | 77 | 3.85 | 0.9 | 0.63 | 36 | 228 | 4 | 2.65 | 0.72 | 26 | 182 | 6 | 2.11 | 0.51 |
NB: NSI= No. of shrew infected; NPF= No. of parasites found; MWL= Mean worm load; RA= Relative abundance; SD= Species diversity