GILL AND DIGESTIVE TRACT PARASITES OF CLARIAS SPECIES IN THE TELLA AREA OF RIVER TARABA, TARABA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorBINGARI, Mathias Simon
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T08:29:02Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T08:29:02Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE (M.SC) IN FISHERIES DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThere is an emerging need to culture fish for the teeming rapidly growing population, but infestation by parasites sometimes lead to reduction in fish aesthetic value, its reproductive capacity and mortality if there is high infestation. Information on gill and digestive tract parasites in River Taraba are needed because parasites that infest wild fish can also infest cultured ones. Two hundred and sixty (260) Clarias specimens obtained from River Taraba, Taraba State were examined for gill and digestive tract parasites from January to October 2013. One hundred and forty (140) of them were Clarias gariepinus and one hundred and twenty (120) Clarias anguillaris. Two gill parasites, Macrogyrodactylus sp. a monogeneans, and Ergasilus sarsi, a copepod were recovered. Three parasite species, Tetracampos ciliotheca and Monobothrioides woodlandi, which are cestodes and Procamallanus laevionchus, a nematode were recovered from the digestive tract of both Clarias species in the river. The relationships between sex and size of fish and the gill and digestive tract infestation was not significant (P>0.05). However, the relationship between infestation and seasons was significant for both gill and digestive tract infestations in C. gariepinus and C. anguillaris (P<0.05). The relationship between digestive tract parasite infestation and the seasons in C. anguillaris was not significant (P>0.05), but was significant in C. gariepinus (P<0.05). Macrogyrodactylus sp and Ergasilus sarsi (gill parasites) and Tetracampos ciliotheca, Monobothrioides woodlandi and Procamallanus laevionchus (digestive tract parasites) of Clarias gariepinus and Clarias anguillaris are reported in the Tella area of River Taraba for the first time. Therefore, fish farmers that may want to obtain their brood stocks from River Taraba are advised to quarantine them. For the overall benefit of academics and for record, further work on parasites of Clarias species and other fish species in River Taraba should be carried outen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8869
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectGILL,en_US
dc.subjectDIGESTIVE TRACT PARASITES,en_US
dc.subjectCLARIAS SPECIES,en_US
dc.subjectTELLA AREA,en_US
dc.subjectRIVER TARABA,en_US
dc.subjectTARABA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleGILL AND DIGESTIVE TRACT PARASITES OF CLARIAS SPECIES IN THE TELLA AREA OF RIVER TARABA, TARABA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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