The helminths of Freshwatere fishes caught from waters of rural areas of Kirkuke governorate, Iraq

Rahemo, ZohairI.F.; Nawwab Al-Deen, Fatin Muhammed

doi:10.32894/kujss.2008.42149

	The helminths of Freshwatere fishes caught from waters of rural areas of Kirkuke governorate, Iraq
Kirkuk Journal of Science
Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 23-33 PDF (0 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.32894/kujss.2008.42149
Authors
ZohairI.F. Rahemo¹; Fatin Muhammed Nawwab Al-Deen²
¹College of Science-University of Mosul
²College of Agriculture-University of Kirkuke
Abstract
Six freshwater species of fishes have been subjected to parasitological investigation, which were collected from water in different urban area of Al-tamim governorate. The results revealed the presence of four species of helminthes; include one species of cestoda(Bothriocephalus gowokensis) collected from Cyprinus carpio and Aspiux vorax( with the rate 2.9 %and 25% respectively); one species of nematoda (Cucullanus cyprini) collected from the carp; two species of acanthocephalans namely Neoechinorhynchus rutili collected from Cyprinus carpio, Barbus luteus, Chondrostoma regius and Varicorhinus trutta. The incidence of infection in Cyprinus carpio(4.2% in males and 8.3 % in females); in Barbus luteus(2.5%); in Chondrostoma regius(8% in males and 9.9% in females) and in Varicorhinus . trutta(50%).The other species of acanthocephala is Neoechinorhynchus iraqinensis which has been revealed from Liza abu( 15.7% in males and 35% in females). From the result of the present study, it can be concluded, that, all four helminthic parasites are the first record in fishes caught from Kirkuk province.
Keywords
The helminths; Freshwatere; Fishes; caught; waters; rural areas; Kirkuke governorate; Iraq

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