GASTRO-INTESTINAL NEMATODES OF SOME MARINE FISHES AT PORT SAID PROVINCE | ||||
Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
Article 9, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2004, Page 141-154 PDF (577.77 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/kvmj.2004.112413 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Nosseur M. El-Sayed* 1; Azza M. Raef2; Nabila M. El Masry2 | ||||
1Parasitology Dept., Fac. of Vet. Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
2Animal Health Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A totalof190marine fishes;[128Bull head(Cottus gobio),42Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus), 8 Dusky perch (Epinephelus gigas), 12 Sea Bass (Morone laborax) were collected from mediterranean sea areaatPortSaidprovince.Theprevalenceofnematodesin the examined fishes was 5.26 %. Bull head (Cottus gobio) and Red Mullet (Mullus barbatus) were infected with nematodes (3.12 % and 14.3 %) while,Dusky perch (Epinephelus gigas) and Sea Bass (Morone laborax) were free from infection with nematode parasites. Five species of the nematodes belonging to family Anisakidae were recovered from the examined fishes. Goezia spinulosa was detected from stomach of Bull head. Hysterothylacium reliquens, Hysterothylacium geschei, Hysterothyl-acium sp. and, Hysterothylacium sp. larvae were recov-ered from intestine of Red Mullet. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
nematodes; Gastrointestinal; Marine Fish | ||||
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