Beta
175524

Drastic parasitic infestations among cultured tilapias at El- Abbassa fish farms, Egypt, with respect to stressors of abiotic factors

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

The Egyptian expansion in fish aquaculture requests betterment in fish health management systems. This study was carried out to investigate the infestation prevalence of gill and skin parasites infecting the farmed tilapias at El-Abbassa fish farms with respect to abiotic factors. Water physicochemical parameters of culturing ponds were analyzed seasonally from March 2020 to February 2021. Results demonstrated that water quality measurements of fishponds were within normal values that cultured tilapia species can tolerate. Parasitological examinations of four different farmed tilapia species revealed critical parasitic infestations with Chilodonella hexasticha (Ciliate), Cichlidogyrus tilapiae (Monogenea)in addition to Lernaea elegans and Lamproglena monody (Copepoda). Detailed morphological characteristics and symptoms of infestations of the four parasites were mentioned. The highest prevalence of C. hexasticha (71.4%) infecting T. zillii was recorded during winter, while the highest percentage (100%) of C. tilapiae infesting O. niloticus, O. aureus and S. galilaeus was recorded during spring. Finally, the highest prevalence of the crustacean parasitic copepods (100%) infecting O. niloticus, T. zillii, and S. galilaeus was reported during autumn.  The total parasitic infestation rates were superior during summer while their minimal levels were recorded during winter, autumn, and spring, respectively. The intimate relationship between the intensity of infection with the monogenean gill parasite C. tilapiae and seasonal physicochemical parameters (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrites, nitrates, visibility, total hardness, total alkalinity, salinity, total ammonia and unionized ammonia) were discussed briefly.

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2021.175524

Authors

First Name

Jamila

Last Name

S. Al Malki et al.

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

-

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

25

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

25018

Issue Date

2021-05-01

Receive Date

2021-06-05

Publish Date

2021-05-01

Page Start

281

Page End

295

Print ISSN

1110-6131

Online ISSN

2536-9814

Link

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/article_175524.html

Detail API

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=175524

Order

19

Type

Original Article

Type Code

103

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

Publication Link

https://ejabf.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Drastic parasitic infestations among cultured tilapias at El- Abbassa fish farms, Egypt, with respect to stressors of abiotic factors

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023