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PARASITES AND DISEASE AGENTS OF CULTURED FISHES OF BASRAH PROVINCE, IRAQ: THE PRESENT STATUS | ||
| Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 4, Volume 23, 2 (special Issue), 2010, Pages 93-106 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2010.118383 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Furhan T. Mhaisen; Kalidah S. Al-Naieem; Abdul Ameer R. Jassim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Literature review on parasites and disease agents of cultured fishes of Basrah province showed that this field is so neglected in comparison with that of the freshwater fishes of the same province. So far, 25 parasite species (nine protozoans, seven monogeneans, two cestodes, two nematodes, one acanthocephalan and four crustaceans) as well as eight bacterial and two fungal species were recorded from the three main cultured fishes: common carp (Cyprinus carpio), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), as well as four species of wild fishes found in some fish farms. C. carpio harbored 21 species of parasites, eight bacterial and two fungal species, C. idella harbored eight parasite species, while H. molitrix harbored three parasite species and one fungal species. Wild fishes found in some farms included Barbus sharpeyi, Carassius auratus, Gambusia affinis, Aphanius dispar and Liza abu which all showed slight parasitic infections. Information on marine fish farms included only the infection of Liza carinata with two protozoans. Inspection of some aquarium fishes in Basrah showed the infection of C. auratus with two parasitic species and one fungal as well as the infection of Poecilia sphenops with one fungal species. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Parasites; bacteria; Fungi; Cultured fishes; Basrah | ||
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