Table 3 Catfish parasites in cultured habitat
From: Comparative study of African catfish parasites from cultured and natural habitats
Group | Parasite Species | Pond A | Pond B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of fish infected | Species prevalence (%) | No. of parasite recovered | No. of fish infected | Species prevalence (%) | No. of parasite recovered | ||
Nematoda | Procamallanus spp | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
Camallanus spp | 2 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trematoda | N. africanus | 2 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Otodistomum spp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
Dactylogyrus spp | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
Gyrodactylus spp | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
Protozoan | Epistylis spp | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
Cestoda | M. woodlandi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
S. reinacei | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
L. marcuseni | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Hirudinea | P. geometra | 4 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |