The infection of freshwater fishes with three species of Henneguya in Qena, Upper Egypt | ||||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical Entomology & Parasitology | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2009, Page 11-19 PDF (904.93 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbse.2009.16459 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Soheir A. Rabie; Nadia I. Mohammed; Abdel-Nasser A. Hussein; Nermean M. Hussein | ||||
| Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| It is so for the first time to do general survey of protozoan parasites that infect freshwater fishes in Qena Province. The total number of fishes examined were 581 belonging to 10 families represented by 14 Species during the period from January 2006 to May 2008 . Three species of Henneguya were recorded from two species of fishes. The first species is suggested to be a new one called Henneguya mandouri sp.nov. The second species is Henneguya assuiti, Mandour et al., 1988 and the third one is Henneguya nilotica, Marwan, 1998. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Freshwater fishes; Henneguya mandouri sp.nov; Henneguya assiuti; Henneguya nilotica; Qena; Upper Egypt | ||||
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