Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXVI, Issue 1
Written by Elena GHERASIM
The paper presents data on the identification of the helminth fauna structure of ecaudata amphibians from Pelophylax and Bufo genera, and the determination of its role in maintaining parasitic zoonoses (trematodosis) in fish in the Republic of Moldova. As result of helminthological investigations 4 helminths species was established: Opisthioglyphe ranae Froelich, 1791; Tylodelphys excavata Rudolphi, 1803; Isthmiophora melis Shranch, 1788 and Neodiplostomum major Dubinina, 1950. This trematode species from a taxonomic point of view fall into a class (Trematoda), 3 orders (Plagiorchiida, Echisnostomida, Diplostomida), 3 families (Omphalometridae, Echinostomatidae, Diplostomidae) and 4 genera (Opisthioglyphe, Tylodelphys, Isthmiophora, Neodiplostomum). All this species of helminths comune in amphibians and fish, species of trematodes, for the fish are a negative impact, because causing various zoonosis. The need to write such a paper is due to the fact that the study of ichthyoparasites in the Republic of Moldova was carried for a long period of time (since 1963), but at the same time there was no discussion about the groups of organisms that contribute to the maintenance of the causative parasitic agents of various trematodes.
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