Keywords
Survey
Parasites
Oreochromis niloticus
Lake Alau
Maiduguri
Nigeria
Parasites
Oreochromis niloticus
Lake Alau
Maiduguri
Nigeria
Abstract
In this study the prevalence of ecto, endo, and haemo--parasites infecting Oreochromis niloticus was investigated in Lake Alau, Maiduguri, between January and April, 2013. A total of 80 randomly sampled Oreochromis niloticus was procured from fishermen and examined for parasites using standard parasitological methods, out of which 21 (26.3%) were infested with six parasites belonging to helminths namely: Paracamallanus spp, Pleuroocercoid, Contracaecum shop, with incidences of 9 (42.9%), 7 (33.3%) and 5 (23.8%) and haemoparasites namely Haemogregarina spp.
Babesioma spp. and Trypanosoma spp, and with incidences of 12(57.1%), 2(9.5%) and 1(4.8%) respectively. Parasitic infestations in the female was significantly higher 12 (26.7%) than in the male 9(25.7). There was a significant difference between incidence of infestation and standard length and body weight of Oreochromis niloticus while there was no significant difference (p> 0.05) between incidence of parasitism and total length of the fishes.
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