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Vol.2 , No. 4, Publication Date: Jul. 22, 2015, Page: 51-56
 in the Mid-Cross River Flood System, South Eastern Nigeria&description=The presence, classes and level of protozoan parasite infection in Chrysichthysnigrodigitatus from mid-Cross River flood system, Southeastern Nigeria was determined. Analysis was carried out using Wet Mount Method and Light Microscopy. A total of 300 C. nigrodigitatus comprising of 155 males and 145 females were examined for protozoan parasites infection, 98 (32.7%) were not infected, 202 (67.3%) were infected with protozoan parasites. This study reviews thatIchthyobodonecator (36.4%) was the most abundant found in C. nigrodigitatus, Cryptobiaiubilans (29.0%), Eimeriachrysichthyii (21.3%), Piscinoodiniumpillulare (5.0%), Chloromyxumauratum (3.3%), Chilodonellauncinata (1.8%), Hexamitaintestinalis(1.8%) and Encephalitozoonintestinalis (1.5%) were found in C. nigrodigitatus. Among the body parts of the sampled fishes, the gills had the highest parasitic load 43.2%. Female fishes had significantly more parasites than male fishes. The prevalence rate is alarming and calls for proper fish management in terms of preventing serious outbreaks.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/919.jpg)
| [1] | Uneke Bilikis Iyabo, Dept. of Applied Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. |
| [2] | Uhuo Cosmos, Dept. of Applied Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. |
| [3] | Obi Chukwudi, Dept. of Applied Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. |
The presence, classes and level of protozoan parasite infection in Chrysichthysnigrodigitatus from mid-Cross River flood system, Southeastern Nigeria was determined. Analysis was carried out using Wet Mount Method and Light Microscopy. A total of 300 C. nigrodigitatus comprising of 155 males and 145 females were examined for protozoan parasites infection, 98 (32.7%) were not infected, 202 (67.3%) were infected with protozoan parasites. This study reviews thatIchthyobodonecator (36.4%) was the most abundant found in C. nigrodigitatus, Cryptobiaiubilans (29.0%), Eimeriachrysichthyii (21.3%), Piscinoodiniumpillulare (5.0%), Chloromyxumauratum (3.3%), Chilodonellauncinata (1.8%), Hexamitaintestinalis(1.8%) and Encephalitozoonintestinalis (1.5%) were found in C. nigrodigitatus. Among the body parts of the sampled fishes, the gills had the highest parasitic load 43.2%. Female fishes had significantly more parasites than male fishes. The prevalence rate is alarming and calls for proper fish management in terms of preventing serious outbreaks.
Keywords
Infection Rate, Protozoan Parasite, Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus, Cross River, Southeastern Nigeria
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