Effects of agrochemicals on disease severity of Acanthostomum burminis infections (Digenea: Trematoda) in the Asian common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Table 2 Experimental design used to test the individual and combined exposure of Acanthostomumcercariae and pesticides on D. melanostictustadpoles

Parasite	Exposure medium
Parasite	Dechlorinated tap water (Control)	Chlorpyrifos	Dimethoate	Glyphosate	Propanil
No cercariae	–	–	–	–	–
Cercariae (12 × 4 = 48)	+	+	+	+	+

Note: Concentration of 0.5 ppm was used for all four chemicals. 20 tadpoles were tested in each treatment

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