ANISAKIASIS OF PSEUDOTOLITHUS ELONGATUS (BOBO CROAKER) AND BOSTRYCHUS AFRICANUS (SLEEPER GOBY) BY MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES, IN NIGERIA | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Article 3, Volume 55, Issue 1, April 2025, Page 9-15 PDF (297.26 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2025.425067 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
IFEGWU IFEGWU1; MERCY Kayluv1; AMUZIE AMUZIE1; CHIDINMA CHARITY2 | ||||
1National Biotechnology Development Agency Abuja | ||||
2Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Anisakis species species are identified by using molecular biology techniques due to the absen- ce larval diagnostic features in the fish host. This study identified anisakids by molecular tech niques in Pseudotolithus elongatus and Bostrychus africanus caught from Rivers State. Parasite identification was accomplished at the Regional Center for Biotechnology and Bioresource Cent- er, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. NCBI blast confirmed Anisakis simplex, Anisakis br evispiculata from Pseudotolithus elongatus and Goezia spinulosa, and Raphidascaroides brasili ensis from B. africanus. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Nigeria; Abonnema; Rivers State; Fish; Anisakids; Molecular identification | ||||
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