A Survey on Helminth Parasites of Fishes from Jaikwadi Dam, Maharashtra State of India

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  • Nimbalkar R.K.1*, Shinde S.S.2, Tawar D.S.2, and Nale V.B.3

Abstract

Ninety samples of Clarias batrachus (n=20), Heteropneustes fossilis (n=22), Tilapia mossambica (n=28) and Wallago attu (n=20) was caught in Jaikawadi Dam of Paithan Thasil of Aurangabad District in December and January 2010, all of them are carnivorous fishes commonly available in Jaikwadi dam. Nine helminth species including three cestodes (Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, Polyonchobothrium clarias and Proteocephalus glanduliger), four nematodes (Paracamallanus cyathopharynx, Capillaria, Contracaecum sp. larvae and Eustrongylides sp. larvae), out of two trematodes, one was digenean (Glossidium pedalum) and other was acanthocephala (Acanthogyrus) were found in Clarias batrachus, Tilapia mossambica, Heteropneustes fossilis, Wallago attu.

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Author Biography

Nimbalkar R.K.1*, Shinde S.S.2, Tawar D.S.2, and Nale V.B.3

1Department of Zoology, V.P. College, Vaijapur, Dist. Aurangabad (M.S.) India2Department of Zoology, Vivekanand College, Aurangabad (M.S.) India3Department of Zoology, T.C. College, Baramati Dist. Pune (M.S.) India

Published

09-12-2010

How to Cite

D.S.2, and Nale V.B.3, N. R. S. S. T. “A Survey on Helminth Parasites of Fishes from Jaikwadi Dam, Maharashtra State of India”. Journal of Ecobiotechnology, vol. 2, no. 8, Dec. 2010, https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/jebt/article/view/91.

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