Effects of various environments on number of cocoon and offspring in breeding of southern medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820

Bahadir Uğural; Ramazan Serezli

doi:10.12714/egejfas.37.3.01

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Güney tıbbi sülüğü, Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820 yetiştiriciliğinde farklı ortamların koza ve yavru sayısına etkisi

Öz

Tıbbi sülüklerin kontrollü ortamda yetiştiriciliğinin yapılabilmesi, sülük neslinin tükenmesinin engellenmesi için büyük önem taşımaktadır. Ayrıca tıbbi sülüklerin, hijyenik koşullarda yetiştirilmesi, insan sağlığı için kullanım aşamasında istenmeyen komplikasyonların engellenmesi için gereklidir. Bu çalışmada, Hirudo verbana türünün yetiştiriciliği kontrollü ortamlarda yürütülmüş ve çeşitli nemli ortamların etkileri incelenmiştir. Torf, hidrojel ve kırpılmış süngerin koza ve koza içindeki yavru sayısı üzerine etkileri karşılaştırılmıştır. Torf ve hidrojel ortamları koza ve yavru sayısına etki edecek istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılık göstermemiştir. Sülük başına koza sayısı torf için 3.13 ± 0.74, hidrojel için ise 2.80 ± 0.56 olarak belirlenmiştir. Koza başına yavru sayısı torf için 11.81 ± 2.27 hidrojel için ise 12.52 ± 1.98 olarak belirlenmiştir (P>0.05). Sonuç olarak, hidrojel özellikle laboratuvarda tıbbi sülük üretimi yapanlar için yeni bir koza bırakma ortamı materyali olabilecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Effects of various environments on number of cocoon and offspring in breeding of southern medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820

Abstract

Breeding medicinal leeches in controlled environments is extremely important in order to prevent their extinction. Moreover, due to medicinal leeches coming into contact with the patient's blood, breeding medicinal leeches in hygienic conditions is essential to prevent possible complications. In this study, breeding patterns of Hirudo verbana were studied in controlled conditions and the effects of various moist environments were examined. Peat, hydrogel and chopped sponge materials were compared in terms of number of cocoon and offspring in medicinal leech breeding. Peat and hydrogel environments didn’t show any statistically significant difference for number of cocoon and offspring breeding. Cocoon per leech was 3.13 ± 0.74 for peat and 2.80 ± 0.56 for hydrogel respectively. Offspring per cocoon was 11.81 ± 2.27 for peat and 12.52 ± 1.98 for hydrogel (P>0.05) respectively. In conclusion, hydrogel could be a new material for medicinal leech cocoon deposition environment especially for laboratory breeders.

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Supporting Institution

İzmir Katip Çelebi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Project Number

2014-TYL-FEBE-0039

Thanks

This study is part of the Master thesis of Bahadır UĞURAL and supported by İzmir Katip Çelebi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (Project No: 2014-TYL-FEBE-0039). We sincerely thank Dr. Viktor Saltykov for advising us to use hydrogel.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Hydrobiology , Limnology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Bahadir Uğural ^*
0000-0001-7379-5826
Türkiye

Ramazan Serezli
0000-0003-4819-6607
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 15, 2020

Submission Date

October 12, 2019

Acceptance Date

January 28, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 37 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.37.3.01

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA89PX29DK

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Uğural, B., & Serezli, R. (2020). Effects of various environments on number of cocoon and offspring in breeding of southern medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 37(3), 207-211. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.37.3.01

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