The prevalence of Helminth parasites in the gastro-intestinal tract of wild African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in Gwagwalada, Nigeria

Dan-kishiya, Ahmed S.; Oboh, Angela; Ibrahim, U B

doi:10.22458/urj.v5i1.189

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“…The results revealed that no significant differences were detected between prevalence of anisakid larvae infection and body length of fishes. This finding agreed with Olurin et al (2012) but disagreed with others (Khanum et al, 2011;Dan-Kishiya et al, 2012;Yakhchali et al, 2012;Esiest, 2013;Idris et al, 2013).…”

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Prevalence of Anisakid Nematode Larvae Infecting Some Marine Fishes from the Libyan Coast

Kassem¹,

Bowashi²

2015

JESP

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This study examined eight hundred ninety six marine fishes belonging to nine different fish species; Synodus saurus; Merluccius merluccius; Trachurus mediterraneus; Serranus cabrilla; Mullus surmuletus; Diplodus annularis; Spicara maena; Siganus rirulatus and Liza ramada. The fishes were bought from fish markets at five different sites on Libyan coast, from January to December 2013, for study the anisakids larvae among them. The results showed that 344/896 fishes (38.4%) were infected with Anisakids larvae. S. saurus was the highly infected (80.9%), followed by T. mediterraneus (77.5%) but, S. cabrilla, S. maena, M. merluccius, M. surmuletus, and D. annularis were least anisakid infected showed rates of 58.2%, 53.8%, 43.7%, 36.7% & 3.6%, respectively. No parasites were in S. rirulatus and L, ramada. Ten species of Anisakids larvae was detected during the present study. Two Pseudoterranova sp. Larvae, two types of Anisakis larvae, Anisakis simplex larva and Anisakis sp. Larva, two types of Contracaecum sp. Larvae and four Hysterothylacium larvae. Females showed higher prevalence than males. The number of anisakid larvae varied according to body length and weight of infected fish, without significant difference between prevalence and seasons, but, a significant difference was between prevalence and regions.

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Prevalence of Anisakid Nematode Larvae Infecting Some Marine Fishes from the Libyan Coast

Kassem¹,

Bowashi²

2015

JESP

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“…Current observation is consistent with the reports of Anosike et al (1992) and Omeji (2013) who observed more parasite infestation in male fish than the female. The observation is however at variance with that of (Emere and Egbe, 2006) and Dankishiya et al (2013) who reported higher intensity of helminth parasites in the gastrointestinal tract of female wild African sharp tooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Gwagwalada of Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria than the male counterparts.…”

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Comparative Bioaccumulation of PAH and BTEX in Malapterurus electricus (Siluriformes: Malapteruridae) and its Enteric Parasite, Electrotaenia malopteruri Sampled from Lekki Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria

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Contamination of Lekki lagoon by petrogenic chemicals such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) has been widely reported. The study was aimed at investigating the bioaccumulation of PAH and BTEX in Malapterurus electricus collected from Lekki lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria. BTEX was analyzed in the intestine, water, and sediment samples using 8260B Agilent 7890B gas chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer (GC-MS). While PAHs were tested in the same media using a gas chromatograph coupled to a flame ionization detector (GC-FID). Histopathological analysis of the fish intestine was conducted using haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stains. Parasite intensity, antioxidant enzymes, and lipid peroxidation activities were investigated in the fish. The parasitic infection detected in Malapterurus electricus was Electrotaenia malopteruri. The parasite showed weak and no depurative capacities for BTEX and PAH respectively. The decrease in superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and reduced glutathione (GSH) in conjunction with an increase in Malondialdehyde (MDA) characterized relatively higher susceptibility among the male fish. Varieties of tissue injuries increased with the standard length of the fish groups. Results suggest that lengthier and uninfected M. electricus were more susceptible to PAH in Lekki lagoon than the shorter and infected ones. The study demonstrated a promising tendency of the enteric parasite, E. malopteruri to depurate chlorobenzene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m+p-xylene, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene from the intestine of its host fish, M. electricus, while PAHs were poorly mediated by the parasite.

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“…We found that the prevalence of infection was unrelated to the fish's body length. This outcome was in agreement with the results of some previous studies(Kassem & Bowashi, 2015;Olurin et al, 2012) and disagreed with the results of other studies(Dan-kishiya et al, 2013;Esiest, 2013;…”

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Morphological and molecular identification of third‐stage Contracaecum larvae (Nematoda: Anisakidae) parasitizing Nile perch Lates niloticus in Egypt

Thabit

Abdallah

2022

Aquaculture Research

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In Egypt, the Nile River is a major supply of Nile perch Lates niloticus Linnaeus, 1758(Asnake, 2018. This fish is one of the most popular and important species in the fishery (Latif, 1974;Rashid, 1995). It is well suited to farming, having large amounts of bone-free white flesh which is rich in protein and vitamins, especially omega-3, which is essential to human nutrition. However, this species is particularly susceptible to parasitic infestation (Asnake, 2018). Parasitism has a major detrimental impact on fish production, industrial productivity and economic values (Basusta et al., 2017).Contracaecum Raillet and Henry, 1912, is a genus of anisakid nematodes with a global distribution (Ángeles-Hernández et al., 2020), comprising over 140 species (Bezerra et al., 2021). This genus is the most abundant and diversified among the Anisakidae (Shamsi, 2019). During the larval development, those nematodes can infect a wide range of aquatic hosts (Di Azevedo et al., 2017). The adults and fourth-stage larvae (L4) can infect marine mammals such as seals and some piscivorous birds such as cormorants, pelicans, darters and herons, which are too be considered definitive hosts

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The prevalence of Helminth parasites in the gastro-intestinal tract of wild African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in Gwagwalada, Nigeria

Cited by 10 publications

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Prevalence of Anisakid Nematode Larvae Infecting Some Marine Fishes from the Libyan Coast

Prevalence of Anisakid Nematode Larvae Infecting Some Marine Fishes from the Libyan Coast

Comparative Bioaccumulation of PAH and BTEX in Malapterurus electricus (Siluriformes: Malapteruridae) and its Enteric Parasite, Electrotaenia malopteruri Sampled from Lekki Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria

Morphological and molecular identification of third‐stage Contracaecum larvae (Nematoda: Anisakidae) parasitizing Nile perch Lates niloticus in Egypt

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