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Endoparasites of the fresh water fish Liza abu in Mosul, Iraq

Author(s) -

A. F. Al-Taee

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

al-mağallaẗ al-ʻirāqiyyaẗ li-l-ʻulūm al-bayṭariyyaẗ/iraqi journal of veterinary sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 2071-1255

pISSN - 1607-3894

DOI - 10.33899/ijvs.2008.5668

Subject(s) - cryptosporidium , veterinary medicine , biology , fresh water fish , fish <actinopterygii> , larva , staining , feces , fishery , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , medicine , genetics

Through examination of 176 samples of the fresh water fish Liza abu obtained from Tigers River in Mosul city 2005, the percentage of total internal parasites infection was 57.38%. They were the trematode larval stage Diplostumum spathaecum 44.88%; the cestode larval stage of Ligula intestinalis 32.95%, oocyst of Cryptosporidium spp. 28.97%, oocyst of Eimeria spp. 23.29%. Cryptosporidium was recorded for the first time in Mosul city during examination of intestinal contents. They appeared after staining with modified ZeihlNeelsen as bright red spherical oocysts with a diameter of 3-7 μ. The effect of season on types of infection was also studied.

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