Helminth Parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae)in Lekki Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria
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| Médium: | artículo original |
| Stav: | Versión publicada |
| Datum vydání: | 2006 |
| Popis: | A total of 360 randomly selected specimens of Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae) recovered from Lekki Lagoon were examined for intestinal helminth parasites. Parasite prevalence and worm burden were low; 17 (4.72%) of the specimens examined were infected with gastrointestinal helminths. The helminth worms recov-ered include, three cestodes Polyonchobothrium clarias, Stocksia pujehuni and Wenyonia acuminata and a nematode, Paracamallanus cyathopharynx. There was no statistically significant difference in the infection of the male and female Clarias gariepinus; the infection rates in male and female samples were 5.75% and 3.76% respectively. Parasite prevalence was related to the length and weight of the specimens.The fish samples were observed to show negative allometric growth and smaller samples recorded higher helminth infection. |
| Země: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instituce: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Jazyk: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/14003 |
| On-line přístup: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/14003 |
| Klíčové slovo: | Helminth parasites Clarias gariepinus Lagos |