Kowal Jerzy, Nosał Paweł, Adamczyk Ireneusz, Kornaś Sławomir, Wajdzik Marek, Tomek Andrzej
Katedra Zoologii i Ekologii, Uniwersytet Rolniczy, Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków.
Wiad Parazytol. 2010;56(2):163-6.
An investigation aimed to check the influence of Taenia taeniaeformis larvae on morphometrical parameters of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) was carried. A total of 30 animals were hunted down in upper Vistula river basin in south Poland, then measured, weighed and dissected. Statistical comparison were done using U Mann-Whitney test. T. taeniaeformis larvae--cysticercus fasciolaris was found in the liver of 24 muskrats (80%). Significant differences between infected and non infected animals are reported, as regards their body mass, total length, abdomen circumference (p < 0.01) and also in body length (total minus tail length), head length, or chest and neck circumference (p < 0.05). The effect of infection on both muskrat condition and the presence of adult cestodes in definitive hosts are discussed.
开展了一项旨在检查带状绦虫幼虫对麝鼠（麝鼠属）形态测量参数影响的调查。在波兰南部维斯瓦河上游流域共捕获30只动物，然后对其进行测量、称重和解剖。使用曼-惠特尼U检验进行统计比较。在24只麝鼠（80%）的肝脏中发现了带状绦虫幼虫——豆状囊尾蚴。报告了受感染和未受感染动物在体重、全长、腹围（p<0.01）以及体长（总长减去尾长）、头长或胸颈围（p<0.05）方面的显著差异。讨论了感染对麝鼠状况以及终末宿主中成年绦虫存在的影响。
