Studies on prevalence of cestode parasites in fresh water fish, Channa punctatus from Meerut (Uttarpradesh ) India
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The present investigation deals with the prevalence of three cestode parasites viz. Lytocestus sp., Proteocephalus sp. and Gangesia sp. collected from the intestine of a freshwater fish Channa punctatus in different blocks of Meerut region (U.P.) India during June, 2014 to May, 2015. A total of 125 parasites were collected throughout the
year. The high incidence of infection of all these species Lytocestus sp., Proteocephalus sp., Gangesia sp. was recorded in summer season (70.83%, 77.27% abd 72 % respectively) followed by winter season (63.63%, 57.89% abd 52.38% respectively) whereas infection was low in monsoon season (36.84%, 27.78% abd 23.52% respectively). The present study clearly indicates that the intensity of infection throughout the year was found highest in summer season followed by winter and lowest in monsoon. Findings show that beginning of the breeding period, feeding habitat, presence of intermediate host and environmental factors are influencing the seasonality of cestode parasitic infection.
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Keywords
Prevalence, parasite, cestode, Channa punctatus, Lytocestus, Proteocephalus, Gangesia
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Eure, H. (1976). Seasonal abundance of Proteocephalus ambloplitis (Cestoidea: Proteocephalidea) from largemouth bass living in a heated reservoir. Parasitology, 73 (02), 205-212.
Haniffa, M.A., Marimuthu, K., Nagarajan, M., Arokiaraj, A.J. abd Kumar, D. (2004). Breeding Behaviour and Parental Care of the Induced Bred Spotted Murrel Channa punctatus under Captivity. Curr. Sci., 86 (10): 1375-1376.
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Jadhav, B.V., and Bhure, D.B. (2006). Population dynamics of helminth parasites in freshwater fishes from Marathwada region (MS) India. Flora and Fauna, 12: 143-148.
Kabata, Z. (1985). Parasites and diseases of fish cultured in the tropics. (1st edition). Taylor abd Francis, London and Philadelphia.
Kennedy, C.R. (1975). Ecological animal parasitology. Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications.
Kennedy, C.R. (1976). Ecological aspects of parasitology. North Holland publishing company Amsterdam Oxford .
Molur, S. and Walker, S. (1998). Report of the workshop on “Conservation assessment and management plan (CAMP) for freshwater fishes of India”, Lucknow, 22-26 Sept. 1997.
Pennyuick, K.L. (1973). Seasonal variation in the parasite population of three spined stickle backs. Gasterosteus aculeatus L. Parasitology, 63: 373-388.
Bhure. D.B. and Nanware. S.S. (2014) "Studies on prevalence of cestode parasites of freshwater fish, Channa punctatus. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2 (4): 283-285
Khan, R.A. (2012). Host-parasite interactions in some fish species. Journal of Parasitology Research, http:// dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/237280
Saikia, A.K., Abujam, S.K.S. and Biswas, S.P. (2012). Food and feeding habit of Channa punctatus (Bloch) from the paddy field of Sivasagar District, Assam. Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences, 1(5): 10-15.
Schmidt, G.D. (1986). CRC handbook of tapeworm identification. CRC Press, Inc..
Šimková, A., Jarkovský, J., Koubková, B., Baruš, V., abd Prokeš, M. (2005). Associations between fish reproductive cycle and the dynamics of metazoan parasite infection. Parasitology Research, 95 (1) : 65-72.
Sharma, B., Arora. N. and Singh. D.D. (2010) Population dynamics of Carryophyllid cestode Lytocestus Fossilisi (Gupta, 1961) from Clarias batrachus in Meerut (U.P). J.Env. Biosci, 24 (1) : 99-101.
Taylor, M. J., and Hoole, D. (1994). Modulation of fish lymphocyte proliferation by extracts and isolated proteinase inhibitors of Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda). Fish abd Shellfish Immunology, 4(3) : 221-230.
Viney, M.E., Riley, E.M., abd Buchanan, K.L. (2005). Optimal immune responses: immunocompetence revisited. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 20(12) : 665-669.
Wedekind, C. (1992). Detailed information about parasites revealed by sexual ornamentation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 247 (1320) : 169-174.
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Studies on prevalence of cestode parasites in fresh water fish, Channa punctatus from Meerut (Uttarpradesh ) India. (2016). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 8(1), 485-488. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v8i1.822
