Volume : 10, Issue : 3, MAR 2024

ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOME ACANTHOCEPHALAN PARASITES OF FISHES

PANDEY, D. P., CHOUDHARY M. K.

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the seasonal variations in helminth parasites infecting two species of snakehead fishes, Channa punctatus and Channa striatus, collected at Ranch Jharkhand, India. Over the course of a three-year survey, 1013 Channa punctatus and 247 Channa striatus individuals were gathered and examined for the study. The existence of helminth parasites, such as trematodes, nematodes, cestodes, and acanthocephalans, was investigated in the fish. For every parasite group, the following factors were examined: host specificity, mean intensity of infection, and parasite prevalence. The incidence and mean degree of helminth parasite infection in Channa punctatus and Channa striatus varied significantly by season, according to the research. Pallisentis sp. was most common in the summer, whereas trematodes, nematodes, and cestodes were most common in the autumn. Nematode mean prevalence peaked in the summer season.

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