| dc.creator | Simon-Oke1,I. A. | |
| dc.date | 2017-06-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-25T14:34:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-25T14:34:52Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1659-42662017000100045 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8822561 | |
| dc.description | Abstract This study aimed to investigate the diversity, intensity and prevalence of parasites in Cichlids. A total of 354 specimens of cichlids was sampled in polluted and unpolluted ends of Eleyele River, Ibadan, Nigeria and examined for parasites. The total prevalence was 57.34%. Recovered parasites were Clinostomum tilapiae, Euclinostomum heterostomum, Neascus, Allocreadium ghanensis, Phagicola longa, Alloglossidium corti and the acanthocephalan; Acanthogyrus tilapiae and Acanthella. Clinostomum tilapiae had higher prevalence and abundance (42.90%) with Allocreadium corti recording least abundance (0.49%). Tilapia zilli was the most abundant (41.53%) among the fish hosts but Oreochromis niloticus harboured the highest percentage of parasites (80.00%). The fish hosts in the polluted end of the river harboured the highest percentage of parasites (71.18%) against (43.50%) parasites recovered from the unpolluted end. There was a significant difference in the parasites harboured. Heavy infection with a broad number of parasites in fish hosts could reduce performance and productivity of the species, especially in fish farming. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Cuadernos de Investigación UNED v.9 n.1 2017 | |
| dc.subject | Cichlids | |
| dc.subject | Parasites | |
| dc.subject | Polluted | |
| dc.subject | Unpolluted | |
| dc.subject | Eleyele Dam | |
| dc.title | Diversity, intensity and prevalence of parasites of Cichlids in polluted and unpolluted sections of Eleyele Dam, Ibadan, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
