A study on prevalence of  helminths infections in commercially valuable fish of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Ebrahimzade Musavi, Hossein; Soltani, Mehdi; Ghadam, Masoumeh; Mobedi, Iraj; Abdy, Kazem; Taheri Mirghaed, Ali; Mirzargar, Saied; Shohre, Poulin; Hoseini, Hosein; Bahonar, Alireza

doi:10.22055/ivj.2015.8676

A study on prevalence of helminths infections in commercially valuable fish of the Persian Gulf, Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hossein Ebrahimzade Musavi ¹

Mehdi Soltani ¹

Masoumeh Ghadam ²

Iraj Mobedi ³

Kazem Abdy ⁴

Ali Taheri Mirghaed ⁵

Saied Mirzargar ⁵

poulin shohre ⁵

Hosein Hoseini ⁶

Alireza Bahonar ⁷

¹ Professor, Department of Aquatic Animals Health & Diseases,The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

² Aquatic Animals Health & Diseases Department, The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran.

³ Tehran University of Med Sciences,School of Public Health,Teran, Iran.

⁴ Department of Aquatic Animals Health & Diseases,Iran Veterinary Organization, Tehran, Iran.

⁵ Department of Aquatic Animals Health & Diseases,The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

⁶ Department of Parasitology, The Faculity of Veterinary Medcin, University of Tehran, Teran, Iran.

⁷ Department of Food Hygiene & Quality Control, The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran,Teran, Iran.

10.22055/ivj.2015.8676

Abstract

Due to importance of the Persian Gulf fishes as main protein sources, study of fish helminth infections are the most indispensible measures. This study was conducted to identify helminthes infection on five fish species (n=100) in the Persian Gulf including, Torpedo sinusperisici, Dasyatis bennetti, Alectis indicus, Rastrelliger kanagurtta, Otolithes ruber from Bandar abbas port in summer 2012. The helminths were fixed in 70% ethanol, stained and identified. The overall prevalence was 16%. The identified helminths were as follow: digenetic trematode (Stephanostomum sp., with a frequency of 1%), cestode (Uncibilocularis sp., 1%; Tetragonocephalum sp., 2%; Grillotia sp., 4%) , and nematode (Raphidascaris sp., 3% and Anisakis sp., 5%) . The highest infection rate was belonging to Anisakis sp. (5%). There were significant differences between prevalence and weight of the infected fish. In the present study, there was low helminths infection in the fish flesh, partcularly in Otolithes ruber.

Keywords

fish

Helminthes

Persian Gulf

Iran

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