Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIONN IN AQUATIC SNAILS

Brij Kishore, Mohd. Shoeb

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">It is seen that the percentage of infection in a particular species of snail is not constant either in different months of a season or during the same seasons in different years.</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> It is also seen that the occurrence of amphistomes infections is seasonal; the incidence of infection being high both in the South-west monsoon and Post-monsoon seasons. Trematode infections have been found to be high both in Post-monsoon and winter seasons.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;tab-stops:67.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>