Research Article

Abundance, Distribution, and Diversity of Freshwater Snail and Prevalences of Their Infection by Cercaria of Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma spp at Mayo-Vreck River, Far North Region of Cameroon

Table 3

Average seasonal density of malacofauna.

SeasonsL. natalensisB. globosusB. truncatusB. tropicusB. pfeifferiB. unicolorBithynia sp.M. tuberculata

Rainy195 ± 75.54a67 ± 10.39a42.67 ± 08.14a46 ± 05.00a311 ± 29.46a358 ± 48.69a287.33 ± 63.17a246.33 ± 45.71a
Cold dry80.33 ± 50.36a47.67 ± 08.62a26.33 ± 07.64b30.67 ± 05.68a242.33 ± 58.53a225.67 ± 60.18a140.33 ± 32.25b207.33 ± 45.39a
Hot dry185.67 ± 24.94a72 ± 16.70a53 ± 08.18a53 ± 16.52a442.33 ± 91.13a448.33 ± 120.34b320 ± 75.35b360.67 ± 96.11a

Values followed by the same letters do not show a significant difference at the 5% threshold.