Clinical signs, morphological and phylogenetic characterization of Myxozoan spp. infecting Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus and African catfish, Clarias gariepinus in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Myxosporean endoparasites (phylum cnidarian) are critical pathogens that affect both wild and cultured freshwater and marine water fishes globally causing huge economic losses and high mortalities.

Study objective

The present study investigated myxosporean infections in Nile tilapia and African catfish collected from the natural resources.

Methods

A total of four hundred Nile tilapia with an average weight (60 ± 5 g) and two hundred African catfish with an average weight (185 ± 30 g) were collected seasonally from Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt for parasitological and molecular diagnosis of isolated myxozoan species.

Results

Microscopic examination revealed Myxobolus heterosporous, Myxobolus brachysporus, Myxobolus tilapiae, and Myxobolus amieti in Nile ti

SUBMITTER: Yassen DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11600721 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature