Studies on Prevalence of Cestode Parasites of  Freshwater Fishes from Nanded Region (M.s.) India

Vikram Satwarao D; Sanjay S Nanware; Dhanraj B Bhure; Sunita M.Shinde

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2013

Studies on Prevalence of Cestode Parasites of Freshwater Fishes from Nanded Region (M.s.) India

Vikram Satwarao D, Sanjay S Nanware, Dhanraj B Bhure, Sunita M. Shinde

Abstract :

Four hundred thirty eight specimen of freshwater fishes i.e. Mastacembelus armatus, Mystus seenghala,Wallago attu, Channa puntatus ,Channa gacua, Channa stratius, Clarias batrachus, Cirrihana mrigala from different places of Nanded region were examined using hand lenses and microscope between June–2011 to May–2012 for cestode parasites. Total 200 of these were infected. Cestode parasites recovered were Senga, Polyonchobothrium, Proteocephlus, Silurotaenia, Bothiocephalus, Gangesia. Result of present study indicates that adults were more infected than juveniles and males were more infected than females. The prevalence of infection rate was high in summer season (Feuary to May) and monsoon Season (July to October).and low in Winter Season (November to January). This type of results indicated that environmental factors and feeding habitat are influencing the seasonality of parasitic infection