Although mariculture is a significant investment for the Egyptian fishermen, diseases and high feeding cost are the main challenges hindering the sustainability and economic success of this field (Abdelaziz et al., 2017).

Global climate change is one of the most serious environmental threats facing the world's ecosystems. Temperature plays a key role in the occurrence and transmission of aquatic parasitic diseases that primarily take place during the warm summer period (Karvonen et al., 2010). Increasing temperature can increase the seasonal abundance,