ECTOPARASITE INFESTATION ON CULTURED NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY, GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF BONIA
KOMBAT, E., SARPONG, S., ABACHE, G., ATUJONA, D., ATINDANA, S., AWENTEY, S., ISSAH, S., BAIDOO, K. (2024). ECTOPARASITE INFESTATION ON CULTURED NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY, GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF BONIA. EKB Journal Management System, 54(3), 468-475. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397263
EMMANUEL O. KOMBAT; SAMUEL K. SARPONG; GIFTY ABACHE; DENICIA ATUJONA; SANDRA A. ATINDANA; SAVINO AWENTEY; SEIDU ISSAH; KEZIA BAIDOO. "ECTOPARASITE INFESTATION ON CULTURED NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY, GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF BONIA". EKB Journal Management System, 54, 3, 2024, 468-475. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397263
KOMBAT, E., SARPONG, S., ABACHE, G., ATUJONA, D., ATINDANA, S., AWENTEY, S., ISSAH, S., BAIDOO, K. (2024). 'ECTOPARASITE INFESTATION ON CULTURED NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY, GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF BONIA', EKB Journal Management System, 54(3), pp. 468-475. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397263
KOMBAT, E., SARPONG, S., ABACHE, G., ATUJONA, D., ATINDANA, S., AWENTEY, S., ISSAH, S., BAIDOO, K. ECTOPARASITE INFESTATION ON CULTURED NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY, GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF BONIA. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 54(3): 468-475. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397263

ECTOPARASITE INFESTATION ON CULTURED NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) IN THE KASSENA-NANKANA MUNICIPALITY, GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF BONIA

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 16, Volume 54, Issue 3, December 2024, Page 468-475  XML PDF (374.58 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2024.397263
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Authors
EMMANUEL O. KOMBATorcid 1; SAMUEL K. SARPONG1; GIFTY ABACHE1; DENICIA ATUJONA1; SANDRA A. ATINDANA1; SAVINO AWENTEY1; SEIDU ISSAH1; KEZIA BAIDOO2
1Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences, P.O. Box NV 24, Navrongo, Ghana
2Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries Sciences, University for Development Studies, P.O. Box TL 1882, Tama- le, Ghana
Abstract
This study assessed the prevalence and intensity of ectoparasites on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis 
niloticus) cultured in earthen ponds from fish farms in Bonia, a community in the Kassena-Nank- 
ana Municipality of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Ninety O. niloticus samples were collected 
from two farms and directly transported to the laboratory for examination. All ecological data 
were recorded.  
The results showed that overall infestations were 47.8%, as 48.8% in farm 1 and 51.2% in farm 
2.  These were Ichtyophthirius multifilus, Trichodina sp., Chilodonella sp. Epistylis sp., Tetrahy
mena sp., Dactylogyrus sp., and Gyrodactylus sp. on the skin, gill, and fin tissues. Trichodina sp. 
and I. multifilus were reported on all fish tissues in both farms. Trichodina sp. showed a high rate 
(21.3%) in F2, and I. multifilus showed a rate (12.8%) in F1. Trichodina sp. recorded an overall 
mean intensity (MI) of 1.21, (1.05) in F1 and (1.36) in F2. All the physicochemical factors were 
within optimal range for the O. niloticus culture and growth, except for DO. 
Keywords
Ghana; Aquaculture; Fish ectoparasites; Mean intensity; Pond Management
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