Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem
Parasites are a significant component of biodiversity. They negatively affect fish appearance, growth, and reproduction. In this study, the prevalence of infection, diversity, and mean intensity of parasites were examined in 9 freshwater fish species (45 samples per fish species). Ecto-parasites wer...
Published in: | Microorganisms |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
MDPI
2023
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458229/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630500 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 |
id |
ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10458229 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10458229 2023-10-01T03:54:49+02:00 Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem Shafiq, Amana Abbas, Farzana Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Khan, Bushra Nisar Aihetasham, Ayesha Amin, Iffat Hmidullah Mothana, Ramzi A. Alharbi, Mohammed S. Khan, Imran Khalil, Atif Ali Khan Ahmad, Bashir Mubeen, Nimra Akram, Muneeba 2023-07-29 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458229/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630500 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 en eng MDPI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458229/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630500 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Microorganisms Article Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 2023-09-03T01:02:07Z Parasites are a significant component of biodiversity. They negatively affect fish appearance, growth, and reproduction. In this study, the prevalence of infection, diversity, and mean intensity of parasites were examined in 9 freshwater fish species (45 samples per fish species). Ecto-parasites were examined on the skin, gills, and fins with a hand lens. Wet mounts were prepared using mucosal scrapings from all the external and internal organs of the sampled fish. Microscopy, muscle compression, and the pepsin-HCL artificial digestion technique were also performed. In this study, 26 species of parasites were identified including three taxa belonging to 9 species of protozoan parasites, 11 treamtodes, and 6 monogenean parasites. The identified protozoan parasites were Entamoeba histolitica, Chilodonella sp., Coccidia sp., Costia sp., Cryptobia sp., Ichthyopthiris-multifilis, Microsporidia, Piscinoodinium sp., and Ichthyobodo necator. The identified trematode parasites were Fasciola gigantica, Echinostoma revolutum, Fasciola hepatica, Haplorchis pumilio, Brachylaima cribbi, Echinostoma cinetorchis, Neascus sp., Deropegus sp., Trematode Soldier, Centrocestus formosanus, and Clinostomum marginatum. The identified monogenean parasites were Dactylogyrus limipopoensis, Dactylogyrus anchoratus, Dactylogyrus myersi, Dactylogyrus vastator, Gyrodactylus salaris, and Ancyrocephalus. The diversity of parasites was maximum at the Okara site. The host’s organs that were targeted for parasitic infection included the intestine, liver, gills, fins, skin, and kidneys. The majority of the parasites were identified in Labeo rohita followed by Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Oreochromis niloticus, Cyprinus carpio, and Wallagu attu. Two species appeared to be resistant species because none of the parasites were observed in Notopterus notopterus or Sperata seenghala. This study also concluded that the prevalence of parasites increased with increasing length, size, and age of fish. Text Attu PubMed Central (PMC) Microorganisms 11 8 1940 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
PubMed Central (PMC) |
op_collection_id |
ftpubmed |
language |
English |
topic |
Article |
spellingShingle |
Article Shafiq, Amana Abbas, Farzana Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Khan, Bushra Nisar Aihetasham, Ayesha Amin, Iffat Hmidullah Mothana, Ramzi A. Alharbi, Mohammed S. Khan, Imran Khalil, Atif Ali Khan Ahmad, Bashir Mubeen, Nimra Akram, Muneeba Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem |
topic_facet |
Article |
description |
Parasites are a significant component of biodiversity. They negatively affect fish appearance, growth, and reproduction. In this study, the prevalence of infection, diversity, and mean intensity of parasites were examined in 9 freshwater fish species (45 samples per fish species). Ecto-parasites were examined on the skin, gills, and fins with a hand lens. Wet mounts were prepared using mucosal scrapings from all the external and internal organs of the sampled fish. Microscopy, muscle compression, and the pepsin-HCL artificial digestion technique were also performed. In this study, 26 species of parasites were identified including three taxa belonging to 9 species of protozoan parasites, 11 treamtodes, and 6 monogenean parasites. The identified protozoan parasites were Entamoeba histolitica, Chilodonella sp., Coccidia sp., Costia sp., Cryptobia sp., Ichthyopthiris-multifilis, Microsporidia, Piscinoodinium sp., and Ichthyobodo necator. The identified trematode parasites were Fasciola gigantica, Echinostoma revolutum, Fasciola hepatica, Haplorchis pumilio, Brachylaima cribbi, Echinostoma cinetorchis, Neascus sp., Deropegus sp., Trematode Soldier, Centrocestus formosanus, and Clinostomum marginatum. The identified monogenean parasites were Dactylogyrus limipopoensis, Dactylogyrus anchoratus, Dactylogyrus myersi, Dactylogyrus vastator, Gyrodactylus salaris, and Ancyrocephalus. The diversity of parasites was maximum at the Okara site. The host’s organs that were targeted for parasitic infection included the intestine, liver, gills, fins, skin, and kidneys. The majority of the parasites were identified in Labeo rohita followed by Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Oreochromis niloticus, Cyprinus carpio, and Wallagu attu. Two species appeared to be resistant species because none of the parasites were observed in Notopterus notopterus or Sperata seenghala. This study also concluded that the prevalence of parasites increased with increasing length, size, and age of fish. |
format |
Text |
author |
Shafiq, Amana Abbas, Farzana Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Khan, Bushra Nisar Aihetasham, Ayesha Amin, Iffat Hmidullah Mothana, Ramzi A. Alharbi, Mohammed S. Khan, Imran Khalil, Atif Ali Khan Ahmad, Bashir Mubeen, Nimra Akram, Muneeba |
author_facet |
Shafiq, Amana Abbas, Farzana Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Khan, Bushra Nisar Aihetasham, Ayesha Amin, Iffat Hmidullah Mothana, Ramzi A. Alharbi, Mohammed S. Khan, Imran Khalil, Atif Ali Khan Ahmad, Bashir Mubeen, Nimra Akram, Muneeba |
author_sort |
Shafiq, Amana |
title |
Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem |
title_short |
Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem |
title_full |
Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem |
title_fullStr |
Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem |
title_full_unstemmed |
Parasite Diversity in a Freshwater Ecosystem |
title_sort |
parasite diversity in a freshwater ecosystem |
publisher |
MDPI |
publishDate |
2023 |
url |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458229/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630500 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 |
genre |
Attu |
genre_facet |
Attu |
op_source |
Microorganisms |
op_relation |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458229/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630500 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 |
op_rights |
© 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081940 |
container_title |
Microorganisms |
container_volume |
11 |
container_issue |
8 |
container_start_page |
1940 |
_version_ |
1778522757580980224 |