Special Issue Description


Authors : Ajit Kalse, S. A. Patil, S. S. Kaul

Page Nos : 127-133

Description :
Biodiversity is the biological variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic, species and ecosystem level. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth and is richer in the tropics. Generally, there is an increase in biodiversity from the poles to the tropics. The latitudinal distribution of parasites does not appear to follow this rule. Roughly one in ten parasitic worms has been described by taxonomists, while the majority of species remain unknown to science. The objective of the present study was to study the biodiversity of Helminth parasites of Khandesh region. A total of 30 types of Bird host were examined, out of which 12 types of host were infected with cestode parasites, which belongs to 16 genera, and 01 host was infected with nematode parasites which belongs to 02 genera respectively (Viz., Cotugnia, Raillietina, Eugonodaeum, Pseudochoanotaenia, Similuncinus, Panuwa, Ophryocotyloides, Krimi, Killigrewia, Mogheia, Vampirolepis, Dilepis, Parorchites, Diplophallus, Davainea and Sureshia cestodes while Heterakis and Ascardia nematodes) from Birds. The author compiles the data studied by various researchers during 1990 to 2023 from the Khandesh region. Various types of parasites observed during compilation of the research work. The present study will be helpful to database and status of biodiversity of Helminth parasites from Khandesh region.

Date of Online: 30 Special Issue-1,Nov.2023