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

Cilt: 37 Sayı: 3 15 Eylül 2020
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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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Destekleyen Kurum

İzmir Katip Çelebi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Proje Numarası

2014-TYL-FEBE-0039

Teşekkür

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.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Hidrobiyoloji , Limnoloji

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Ramazan Serezli
0000-0003-4819-6607
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Eylül 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

12 Ekim 2019

Kabul Tarihi

28 Ocak 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 37 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

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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