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T1 FOOD BORNE PARASITIC ZOONOSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO METACERCARIAL INFECTION IN FISHES
A1 S. Marcus
A1 A. Maqbool
A1 N. Khan
A1 K. J. Iqbal
A1 K. Ashraf
A1 N. Ahmad
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 22
IS 3
SP 619
OP 621
YR 2012
FD 2012/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>The study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of food borne trematode infections in commercially important fish species of Pakistan such as,&nbsp;<em>Labeo rohita</em>&nbsp;(rohu),&nbsp;<em>Cirrhinus mrigala</em>&nbsp;(mori),&nbsp;<em>Catla catla</em>&nbsp;(thaila),&nbsp;<em>Hypophthalmichthys molitrix</em>&nbsp;(silver carp). For this purpose 222 different samples of fishes were collected from different water bodies i.e. Rawal Dam, Islamabad, Mangla Dam (Mirpur) and local fish markets, Lahore. The detection of infectious metacercariae of&nbsp;<em>Opisthorchis, Clonorchi&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>Heterophyid&nbsp;</em>were done by pepsin digestion technique. Overall infection rate was recorded as 28.37%. Species wise prevalence indicated that&nbsp;<em>Catla catla</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Labeo rohita</em>&nbsp;were more frequently affected, whereas the lowest (23.5%) prevalence was reported in&nbsp;<em>Hypophthalmichthys molitrix.&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;</p>
K1 Indian major carps, Trematode, Prevalence, Intensity
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2012-JAPS-316