Parasitic Gregarine blattarum Found Infecting American Cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, in a Population in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
A study on the prevalence of a common endoparasite in the wild population of the American cockroach was conducted in Penang Island using a trapping method at several sampling sites on the island. Gregarine blattarum was found in the digestive tract in 5 out of 115, or 4.35%, of the wild American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, that were sampled. This is the first report in Malaysia of Gregarine blattarum in local American cockroaches.
['Yahaya|Zary Shariman|ZS|', 'Izzaudin|Nik Ahmad Irwan|NA|', 'Razak|Ainul Farhana Abdul|AF|']
Gregarines American Cockroach Endoparasite