Table 2.
Infection status of trematode metacercariae by fish species caught Woopo-neup (swamp) in Changnyung-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea
Trematode fish sp. infected | No. of fish examined | No. of fish infected (%) | No. of metacercariae detected | |
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Range | Average | |||
Clonorchis sinensis | ||||
Pseudorasbora parva | 40 | 11 (27.5) | 1–17 | 4.6 |
Hemiculter eigenmanni | 6 | 2 (33.3) | - | 1.0 |
Subtotal | 46 | 13 (28.3) | 1–17 | 4.1 |
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Echinostoma spp. | ||||
Pseudorasbora parva | 40 | 38 (95.0) | 1–145 | 25.7 |
Lepomis macrochirus | 28 | 20 (71.4) | 1–9 | 3.1 |
Carassius auratus | 20 | 18 (90.0) | 1–58 | 17.4 |
Erythroculter erythropterus | 16 | 13 (81.3) | 1–25 | 10.2 |
Micropterus salmoides | 15 | 13 (86.7) | 1–23 | 10.1 |
Hemiculter eigenmanni | 6 | 4 (66.7) | 1–6 | 3.0 |
Cyprinus carpio | 2 | 2 (100) | 125–132 | 128.5 |
Subtotal | 127 | 108 (85.0) | 1–145 | 17.5 |
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Metorchis orientalis | ||||
Pseudorasbora parva | 40 | 30 (75.0) | 1–11 | 2.7 |
Micropterus salmoides | 15 | 1 (6.7) | - | 2.0 |
Subtotal | 55 | 31 (56.4) | 1–11 | 2.7 |
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Clinostomum complanatum | ||||
Pseudorasbora parva | 40 | 3 (7.5) | 1–2 | 1.7 |
Diplostomum spp. | ||||
Pseudorasbora parva | 40 | 28 (70.0) | 1–7 | 2.4 |
Lepomis macrochirus | 28 | 1 (3.6) | - | 2.0 |
Carassius auratus | 20 | 3 (15.0) | 1–4 | 2.3 |
Erythroculter erythropterus | 16 | 8 (50.0) | 1–5 | 2.4 |
Hemiculter eigenmanni | 6 | 2 (33.3) | - | 1.0 |
Cyprinus carpio | 2 | 1 (50.0) | - | 6.0 |
Subtotal | 112 | 43 (38.4) | 1–7 | 2.4 |
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Cyathocotyle orientalis | ||||
Pseudorasbora parva | 40 | 40 (100) | 7–252 | 60.1 |
Micropterus salmoides | 15 | 3 (20.0) | 1–6 | 2.7 |
Hemiculter eigenmanni | 6 | 1 (16.7) | - | 1.0 |
Subtotal | 61 | 44 (72.1) | 1–252 | 54.8 |