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Dynamics of synchronized clinostomatids infections in Cichlids
- Source :
- Environment Conservation Journal, Vol 15, Iss 1&2 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Action For Sustainable Efficacious Development and Awareness, 2014.
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Abstract
- Histopathology of fish in a concomitant infection of three different species of clinostomatid metacercariae: Clinostomum tilapiae, Clinostomum complanatum, and Euclinostomum heterostomum has become necessary due to its want of knowledge. Description of enormous debilitating skin damages, occasional deaths, unilateral exophthalmus, and degeneration of skin, myositis, haemorrhages, eosinophils, necrosis and economic destruction of Tilapia zillii values by these metacercariae were studied. These parasites dry body weights (mg); C. complanatum (0.0071 ± 0.0023b) and E. heterostomum (0.0067 ± 0.0023b) did not show any significant difference (P < 0.05 %), whereas C. complanatum and E. heterostomum showed significant difference with C. tilapiae (0.0050 ± 0.0015a). The effects of hydrological regime showed that reduced rains (153.54 ± 109.42 cm3) and floodplain influenced the occurrence of these digenean parasites which peaked during dry season months (Nov 2007 – March 2008) when the habitat contracted.
- Subjects :
- Veterinary medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Clinostomum tilapiae
hydrological regime
Tilapia zilii
Significant difference
Aquatic animal
Anatomy
Tilapia zillii
Clinostomatids
Biology
Environmental sciences
concomitant infection
Dry season
Euclinostomum heterostomum
histopathology
medicine
Helminths
GE1-350
Histopathology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22785124 and 09723099
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environment Conservation Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....29eef80df707c7346270ea00f27f4670