Publication: Sex ratio and susceptibility of the golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata.
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1994-06-01
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01251562
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Mahidol University
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The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.25, No.2 (1994), 387-391
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S. Banpavichit, R. S. Keawjam, E. S. Upatham Sex ratio and susceptibility of the golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata.. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health. Vol.25, No.2 (1994), 387-391. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/9683
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Sex ratio and susceptibility of the golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata.
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Golden apple snails, Pomacea canaliculata, were collected at two localities having different ecological environments. In both canal and pond, P. canaliculata males were found more than females during the dry season (summer and winter). In the canal, the male snails were highest in number (86.67%) in May. When rain started, they began decreasing and were lowest at 33.33% in August. Of 575 snails collected, 30.6% were infected by one or more of the three groups of amphistome, distome and echinostome metacercariae. There were two high peaks of infection in April and October, as 60.7% and 68.4%, respectively, during which there were more males than females. The average number of parasites per snail which was highest at 54 was found in the medium-sized males (25 out of 35 males) in October. The number of parasites per snail was significantly correlated with the collected males (p < 0.01), but such relationship was not occurred with the females. Of the females, only the large-sized individuals were infected. In the pond, the female snails were present in much greater numbers than the males during the reproductive time (June-September). The females were highest (94.23%) in August. Only 24 (4.0%) of 605 snails were infected; most of the infected snails were large.