Yusuff, Khadijah O. and Ibidapo-Obe, Elizabeth. O. (2019) PARASITE FAUNA OF TILAPIA SPECIES IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA (FUNAAB) RESERVOIR, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA. In: 1st National Conference of WITED, Ilaro Chapter, August 13-16, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
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Abstract
A survey of parasite fauna of Tilapia species (Family: Cichlidae) was carried out at The Federal University of Agriculture Reservoir, Abeokuta, Ogun State. A total of 450 specimen belonging to four species were examined for parasites using standard parasitological methods, out of which 72 (16.0%) were infected with various types of parasitic fauna. A total of three hundred and sixty six parasites belonging to four groups; a flagellate protozoan (Ichthyobodo necatrix), a species of annelid (Piscicola sp.), one species of nematode (Cucullanus sp.) and a cestode (Caryophyllaeides sp.) were recovered. The result showed low prevalence of infection as well as low parasite diversity. The four species of fish sampled were Oreochromis niloticus, Hemichromis fasciatus, Sarotherodon galilaeus and Tilapia zilli. The skin, gills, stomach and intestine were the location infected and the skin supported the highest burden. The result showed that there was no significant difference between male and females with regards to infection (X² 1.38, P>0.05). Also, size/age of fish did not influence the degree of infection in fishes (X² 0.44, P>0.05).
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2020 20:35 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2020 20:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/875 |
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