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POPULATION BIOLOGY OF WORM CATARACT DUE TO METACERCARIAE OF Diplostomum spathaceum (Rud., 1819) FROM TWO CYPRINID FISHES IN GREATER ZAB RIVER, NORTH OF IRAQ | ||
| IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S. M. A. Abdullah; F. T. Mhaisen | ||
| Abstract | ||
| During the period from November 2000 until the end of October 2001, a total of 336 cyprinid fishes: 216 Barbus luteus and 120 Cyprinion macrostomum, were collected from Greater Zab river, north of Iraq. They were infected with the metacercariae of Diplostomum spathaceum. The prevalence of infection was 54.2% for B. luteus and 65% for C. macrostomum. No significant differences were observed in the infection of male and female fishes of both species with this parasite. Prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance of infection with D. spathaceum increased with the increase in length of both fish species. The infection with this worm was high during spring and summer and low during autumn and winter. | ||
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