Perison, Putri Wulan Dari (2025) Endoparasitic Infections In Wild Rats And Their Distribution Using Geographic Information System (Gis) In Penang, Malaysia. Masters thesis, Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut.
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Abstract
Wild rat species are renowned for their capacity to act as reservoir hosts and carriers of diseases. Wild rats have effectively acclimated to various ecosystems and living conditions, even thriving in urban areas. Due to the close interaction between wild rats and the community, this study aims to determine the prevalence of endoparasite infections in wild rats from penang, malaysia as well as highlight zoonotic parasitic to understand more the severity of the parasitic infections that pose a risk to the public. A total of 150 wild rats were collected from commercial areas (n=86) and residential areas (n=64) around penang island and seberang perai. The sample was collected by collaborating with the pulau pinang city council (mbpp) and seberang perai city council (mbsp). In this study, four species of wild rats collected and identified as rattus rattus (58%), rattus norvegicus (15.33%), bandicota indica (24%) and bandicota bengalensis (2.67%). The endoparasites from gastrointenal, blood and fecal was examined through necropsy, blood smear, in – vitro cultivation and fecal floatation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH1-278.5 Natural history (General) |
| Divisions: | Pusat Pengajian Sains Kajihayat (School of Biological Sciences) > Thesis |
| Depositing User: | Mr Hasmizar Mansor |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2026 00:59 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2026 00:59 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/64069 |
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