Review of fish endoparasites in Tigris River, Iraq
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, 25(03), 196–200.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2023.25.3.0540
Publication history:
Received on 16 November 2023; revised on 26 December 2023; accepted on 29 December 2023
Abstract:
Fish, like other living organisms, are susceptible to infection with a variety of parasites. Fish is almost not free of parasites, as internal and external parasites. Parasites are organisms of great importance because of their different types and multiple life cycles, they are used as evidence of environmental pollution, and the life of the host . This study dealt with the database of studies of fish parasites in Iraq. Which includes the following classes of parasites: Nematodes as Rhabdochona sp., Anisakis sp., Monogenic as Cichlidogyrus sclerosus , Dactylogyrus anchorayus, Discocotyle sagittata, Dactylogyrus arcuatus, Dactylogyrus extensus, Dactylogyrus simplex, Dactylogyrus Gussevi , Dactylogyrus inexpectatus. Ciliates as Trichodina cottidarum. Digenea as Allocreadium markewitschi, Centrocestus formosanus, Asymphylotrema macracetabulum, Asymphylodora markewitschi.
Keywords:
Chondrostoma regium; Dactylogyrus elegantis; Dactylogyrus deziensis; Trichodina cottidarum; Iraq
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