Open AccessPROTOZOAN PARASITES IN COMMON CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO, L. 1758) FROM CYPRINID AQUACULTURE FACILITY IN PELAGONIA REGION (BITOLA, MACEDONIA)
Author(s) -
Dijana Blazhekovikj Dimovska
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-4439
pISSN - 1857-923X
DOI - 10.35120/kij3103675b
Subject(s) - trichodina , cyprinus , common carp , myxobolus , biology , aquaculture , carp , veterinary medicine , fishery , ichthyophthirius multifiliis , myxosporea , fish farming , aquatic animal , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , gill , medicine
The aim of this study was to determine the protozoan parasites in common carp (Cyprinus carpio, L. 1758) from the largest cyprinid aquaculture facility in Macedonia, located in Pelagonia region (Bitola). This study was carried out by seasons, in a period of three years. A total of 212 specimens of common carp were examined and 134 fish (63.20%) were infected with protozoan parasites. Representatives of Protozoa were most commonly occurred during the spring (in 58.27 % of the fish examined), than in winter (55.21 %), summer (39.07 %) and the lowest in autumn (35.64 %).In common carp from this cyprinid fish farm the presence of 4 protozoa species was established: Myxobolus müelleri, Myxobolus encephalicus, Thelohanellus nikolskii and Trichodina sp. The mean intensity with protozoan parasites in common carp was 3.60, while the prevalence 10.20 %.