Table 4 Catfish parasites in natural habitat
From: Comparative study of African catfish parasites from cultured and natural habitats
Taxonomic group | Parasite species | River A | River B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of fish infected | Species prevalence (%) | No. of parasite recovered | No. of fish infected | Species prevalence (%) | No. of parasite recovered | ||
Nematoda | C. elegans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 19 |
P. africanus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |
Procamallanus spp | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 12 | |
Camallanus spp | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |
Trematoda | C. complanatum | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
Otodistomum spp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
Dactylogyrus spp | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | |
Gyrodactylus spp | 3 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
Protozoa | P.symphysodonis | 5 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
I. multiifiliis | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
I. hoferi | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cestoda | M. woodlandi | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
S. reinacei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
L. marcuseni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |