Incidence of Intestinal Parasitic Worms of Spotted Grouper (Epinephelus coioides) Collected from Kuwait | ||||
| Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University | ||||
| Article 17, Volume 2024, Issue 3, October 2024, Page 186-196 PDF (2.08 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.258906.1353 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Bushra Yahya abobakr shaif  1; Zein Abd-Al-Aal2; Abd Allah Al Hoot3
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| 1Department of zoology faculty of science zagazig University | ||||
| 2zoology,science,Zagazig,Zagzig,Egypt | ||||
| 3Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study dealed with the prevalence of endoparasitic worms that infect the gastrointestinal tract of Spotted groupers (Epinephelus coioides) collected from Kuwait. Trematodes were found in Prosorhynchus pacificus with the incidence (8.3%), Prosorhynchus epinepheli with infection rate (11.6%) and in Prosorhynchus jexi with rate (6.6%). Nematodes were found in Hysterothylacium epinepheli with rate (5%) and in Cucullanus epinepheli with rate (10%). Acanthocephalan parasites Rhadinorhynchus sp. with rate of infection (8.3%). The total infection rate was 53.3 % of examined fish sample. P. epinepheli represent the highest prevalence percent while the rate of H. epinepheli represent the lowest rate of infection. The histopathological examination of the examined fish intestine revealed some pathological symptoms such as degeneration, necrosis and fibrosis in the site of infection.This study dealed with the prevalence of endoparasitic worms that infect the gastrointestinal tract of Spotted groupers (Epinephelus coioides) collected from Kuwait. Trematodes were found in Prosorhynchus pacificus with the incidence (8.3%), Prosorhynchus epinepheli with infection rate (11.6%) and in Prosorhynchus jexi with rate (6.6%). Nematodes were found in Hysterothylacium epinepheli with rate (5%) and in Cucullanus epinepheli with rate (10%). Acanthocephalan parasites Rhadinorhynchus sp. with rate of infection (8.3%). The total infection rate was 53.3 % of examined fish sample. P. epinepheli represent the highest prevalence percent while the rate of H. epinepheli represent the lowest rate of infection. The histopathological examination of the examined fish intestine revealed some pathological symptoms such as degeneration, necrosis and fibrosis in the site of infection. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Key words: Grouper; Helminths; Incidence; Kuwait | ||||
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