Endo-Parasites of some Fresh Water Fish in Zobe Dam, Dutsin-Ma, Kastina State
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33003/jobasr-2023-v1i1-19
Eberemu, N. C.
Buah, J. D.
Leo, J. K.
Abstract
Parasites of fish, either external or internal constitute one of the major problems
to fish health and also a great concern; since they often cause disease conditions
in fish which can also be transferred to man, The study is aimed to identify the
endo-parasites of some fresh water fish in Zobe dam Dutsin-Ma, Kastina State. A
total of 180 fish were collected from 3 different fish species. The collected Fish
samples were transported in a cool bucket containing ice flex to the Biology
laboratory. The fishes were weighed and placed on a dissecting tray for proper
dissection in order to reveal the internal organs. They were centrifuge and the
content was place on a slide for microscopic examination. The total number of
the parasite based on class were 37 and varies according to the fish species.
Oreochromis. niloticus and Clarias. garienpinus had the highest number of
parasites with a total of 15 and 12 respectively while Bargus bayard had the
lowest parasite load with 10 parasites. The highest mean fish weight recorded in
this study is 0.21kg with percentage infection of 40%. The sizes of the fish species
are all within the range of 9–38cm, the longest fish has size range of 1 to 38 with
percentage infection of 40%. This result therefore suggests that there were various
fish parasites from fish sample collected from Zobe dam and fish should be
properly cooked or smoked before consumption to avoid health risk due to some
these parasites.
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