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- Title
Prevalence of helminth parasites in three species of cichlids from a man-made lake in Zambia.
- Authors
BATRA, VIJAYA
- Abstract
A study of certain aspects of two man-made lakes at the University of Zambia Lusaka Campus was carried out. The three species of cichlids with which the lakes were stocked: Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1896); Oreochromis (formerly Tilapia) macrochir (Boulenger, 1910) and O. (formerly T.) andersonii (Castelnau, 1896) were examined for helminth parasites. The most numerous was Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960; followed by Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) tilapiae Baylis, 1948. A few metacercarial cysts of Clinostoman Leidy, 1856; a few cysticercoids of Paradilepis delachauxi Fuhrm, 1909 and a single specimen of a probable new genus of Monogenea (near Diplozoon Nordmann, 1832) were also found. The prevalence and seasonal variation in numbers of the two most common parasites are discussed in relation to parasite loads in different ages and sexes of the host fish.
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1984, Vol 82, Issue 3, p319
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb00646.x