Abstract
In this study, an inventory of the types of rodents in the study area was conducted, and a survey of internal parasites was done for the most important types of rodents prevalent in Sohag region during the year 2020. The results showed that four types of climbing rodents were present. Those rodents were the white-bellied rat (the most dominant in the region), the gray-bellied climber rat, field rat and brown Norwegian rat. The results showed the absence of many species. By studying the internal parasites of the most common species in the study area. we found 3 trematodes (Echinostoma liei Jeyarasasingam &Heyneman,1972, Schistosoma mansoni (Bilharzia), and Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus,1758),two nematodes (Angiostrongylus cantoniensis Chen,1935, and Trichuris sp.) and one cestode (Hymenolepis sp.) of the white-bellied climbing rat Rattus rattus frugivorus, which is the dominant species in this study.
Highlights
Rodent control is a problem endemic to many metropolitan areas, influencing hygienics via the spread of infectious diseases
By studying the internal parasites of the most common species in the study area. we found 3 trematodes (Echinostoma liei Jeyarasasingam &Heyneman,1972, Schistosoma mansoni (Bilharzia), and Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus,1758), two nematodes (Angiostrongylus cantoniensis Chen,1935, and Trichuris sp.) and one cestode (Hymenolepis sp.) of the white-bellied climbing rat Rattus rattus frugivorus, which is the dominant species in this study
Vulnerability to the diseases carried by these wild rats and their organisms represents a looming menace to public health
Summary
Rodent control is a problem endemic to many metropolitan areas, influencing hygienics via the spread of infectious diseases. The growth of rat numbers is primarily owing to bad hygiene habits. Vulnerability to the diseases carried by these wild rats and their organisms represents a looming menace to public health. Rodents are regarded as one of the most crucial orders of animals and have the biggest species number, which takes a big part in epidemiology (Nieri-Bastos et al, 2004). Wild rats work as a resource host delivering a farflung of diseases to humans and animals due to their highly versatile and irregular nature along with other factors most favorable for parasitic growth (Chuluun et al, 2005)
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