Pathological Study of Blood Parasites in Rice Field Frogs, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus (Wiegmann, 1834)

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Photomicrographs of the blood parasites of Hoplobatrachus rugulosus, Trypanosoma rotatorium-like I form (a), Trypanosoma rotatorium-like II form (b), Trypanosoma rotatorium-like III form (c), Trypanosoma rotatorium-like IV form (d), Trypanosoma rotatorium-like V form (e), Trypanosoma chattoni (f), mature gamont of Hepatozoon sp. a in red blood cell associated with large parasitophorous vacuole (g), mature gamont of Hepatozoon sp. b in red blood cell (h), extracellular sporozoite of Lankesterella minima (i), merozoite of Lankesterella minima in red blood cell (j) Giemsa’s stain, (Bar = 10 μm).

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