Beta
ManageSearchChatDiscover
108531

Survey on the parasites infested crayfish Procambarus clarkii, Girard,1852 (Crustacea, Cambaridae) in Egypt.

Article

Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

OverviewSimilar Items

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

A parasitological survey on 1474 fresh water crayfish Procambarus clarkii was carried out during the period from January 2013 till May 2014 from different canals at Sharkia, Dakahlia and Kafr El-Sheikh Provinces in Egypt. Out of the examined crayfish , 8 were found to be infected with ectoparasitic protozoan Epistylis cambari on the gill filaments with percentage of infection 0.54% . Infection rates were varied between investigated areas, the percentages of infection were 0.21%, 0.57% and 2.7% at Sharkia, Dakahlia and Kafr El- Sheikh provinces respectively. Regarding to the seasonal prevalence of Epistylis cambari in examined crayfishes the peak of infection at Sharkia Province was recorded in summer (3.5%) , while at Dakahlia and Kafr El- Sheikh Provinces was detected in spring (1.13%) and (5.12%) respectively. The present study revealed that 11 out of 1474 (0.88%) were infected by one or more parasitic nematode larvae Strongyloides stercoralis that were observed in hemoceol of crayfish .The percentages of infection were 0.31%, 2.3% and 1.3% at Sharkia, Dakahlia and Kafr El-Sheikh Provinces respectively. Concerning to the seasonal prevalence of nematode larvae in examined crayfish, the peak of infection at Sharkia Province was detected in spring (4.5 %) ,while at Dakahlia Province was in summer (3.2%) and at Kafr El-Sheikh Province was in spring (1.5%). No infection was detected in winter and autumn.

DOI

10.21608/jbaar.2016.108531

Keywords

Parasites, Crayfish, protozoa, Nematoda, Larvae, Crustacea

Authors

First Name

Shimaa M.

Last Name

Abd El-Moaty

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Hesham M.

Last Name

Sharaf

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Abd El-Monem M.

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shimaa S.

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

2

Article Issue

6

Related Issue

16400

Issue Date

2016-06-01

Receive Date

2016-05-10

Publish Date

2016-06-25

Page Start

395

Page End

400

Print ISSN

2356-9174

Online ISSN

2356-9182

Article File

JBAAR_Volume 2_Issue 6_Pages 395-400.pdf

PDF . 961.8kB

Link

https://jbaar.journals.ekb.eg/article_108531.html

Detail API

https://jbaar.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=108531

Order

5

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,272

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research

Publication Link

https://jbaar.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Survey on the parasites infested crayfish Procambarus clarkii, Girard,1852 (Crustacea, Cambaridae) in Egypt.

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023