DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT
SAAD, A., ABU EL EININ, H., ABDEL-GABER, A., MANSOUR, S. (2016). DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 46(3), 509-518. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88250
ABDEL HAKIM SAAD; HANAA MOHAMED ABU EL EININ; ABDEL-HAKEM ABDEL-GABER; SHEREEN MAHFOUZ MANSOUR. "DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT". EKB Journal Management System, 46, 3, 2016, 509-518. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88250
SAAD, A., ABU EL EININ, H., ABDEL-GABER, A., MANSOUR, S. (2016). 'DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT', EKB Journal Management System, 46(3), pp. 509-518. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88250
SAAD, A., ABU EL EININ, H., ABDEL-GABER, A., MANSOUR, S. DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 2016; 46(3): 509-518. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88250

DIVERSITY AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON BULINUS SNAILS COLLECTED FROM TWO LOCALITIES IN EGYPT

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 6, Volume 46, Issue 3, December 2016, Page 509-518  XML PDF (363.35 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2016.88250
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Authors
ABDEL HAKIM SAAD1; HANAA MOHAMED ABU EL EININ2; ABDEL-HAKEM ABDEL-GABER1; SHEREEN MAHFOUZ MANSOUR3
1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
2Department of Environmental Research,Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Imbaba P. O. Box 30, Giza, Egypt
3Department of Environmental Research, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Imbaba P. O. Box 30, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
A comparative study of the shell structure, seasonal temperature and Calcium content of Bulinus snails from two areas (Damietta and Giza) in Egypt was done and compared with laboratory snails from Schistosome Biological Supply Center (SBSC). The shells of collected snails identified as Bulinus truncatus, showed a wide variation in shape. The results showed a significant differences were detected between the populations from SBSC and Damietta (p<0.05) for mean of measured shell width, aperture length, length of spire and number of whorls. The populations from Giza and Damietta governorates showed significant differences (P<0.05) in mean of measured length of diagonal, length of body whorl above aperture, length of spire and number of whorls. There were no statically significant differences between the populations
from SBSC and Giza. The seasonal temperature affected on susceptibility of snails to infection with Schistosoma haematobium. The mean prepatent period was short in summer and long in winter. The shells of S. haematobium – infected B. truncatus snails showed hypocalcification from all localities.
Keywords
Bulinus truncatus; Schistosoma haematobium; shell morphology; seasonal temperature; susceptibility; hypocalcification
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