Iranian Veterinary Journal

Iranian Veterinary Journal

A survey of digestive system'sparasites of the Klunzinger's Mullet (Liza klunzingri) in coastal waters of BandarAbbass

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
fatemeh Nazari 1
ehsan kamrani 2
iraj mobedi 3
ayoob solaimani 4
1 MSc Graduated of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2 Associated Professor, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas
3 Professor, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 PhD Student of Production Operation Fish, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
10.22055/ivj.2018.59479.1786
Abstract
    The present study was to investigate the ecology of fish parasites Liza klunzingeri (Day, 1888) for a period of 9 months from may to jaunary 2013 in the coastal of bandarabbass was performed. During the study period, 51 fish samples were analyzed in the laboratory and then isolated parasites in 4% formalin and 70% ethanol and kept. Finally, parasites neoechinorhynchus zabensis (Acanthocephala) and (Trematoda) Haploporinae and parasite larvae Contracaecumsp (Nematoda) were isolated from the digestive tract. From the total samples, 46 samples were infected by one or more species of parasites (prevalence of 90%) and the mean frequency of moderate parasite for Liza klunzingeri equal to 22.72 and 25.19 against the parasite. Analysis of the data showed that the prevalence of parasites in different months is significant. The most common parasites parasite abundance n.zabensis in January and Haploporinae in October, respectively. The analysis of the results showed that season changes are major factors affecting the frequency and severity of gastrointestinal parasites.
Keywords
Parasite
Digestise system
Klunzinger's Mullet
BandarAbbass