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A comparison between the helminth burdens of male and female brown trout, Salmo trutta L., from a natural population in the River Teify, West Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. D. Thomas
J. D. Thomas
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University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Nine hundred and five brown trout were collected from the River Teify, West Wales, over a period of 12 months and their helminth infestations are considered in relation to the age and sex of the host and season.

Only one statistically significant difference could be detected between levels of infestation in male and female trout of 1 and 2 years of age.

When trout of 3 years of age and over were spawning or recovering from the effects of spawning there is a tendency for sexually mature females to be more heavily infested with some parasites than the males. During the season of growth and maturation of the gonads this trend was reversed or became less marked. In the case of fish that were not spent or spawning the statistically significant differences showed the males to be more heavily infested than the females.

The possible reasons for these variations are discussed with particular reference to the roles of ‘physiological’ and ‘behavioural’ or ecological resistance'.

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Parasitology , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , May 1964 , pp. 263 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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