Research Article
Vectors and Spatial Patterns of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Selected Rice-Farming Villages of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Table 4
Response of the local people in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija regarding awareness on parasitic diseases from rats and snails.
| Question | Response (%) |
| Eat rats | | Yes | 60 | No | 40 | Difference of rat species | | Yes | 98 | No | 2 | Eat snails | | Yes | 84 | No | 16 | Snail species as food | | Birabid (R. quadrasi) | 41 | Susong pilipit/palipit (M. maculata) | 71 | Susong papa (Vivipara sp.) | 69 | Golden apple snail (P. canaliculata) | 15 | Source of snail | | River | 52 | Irrigation | 53 | Rice field | 40 | Fish Pond | 20 | Small creek | 16 | Other animals from the field as source of food | | Frog | 53 | Igat (eel) | 35 | Tulya (shellfish) | 77 | Fish | 11 | Talangka (crab) | 20 | Awareness of disease associated with eating snails | | Yes | 5 | No | 95 |
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