Department of Fisheries, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Batu Fish and other Aquatic Life Research Center, P.O. Box 229, Batu, Ethiopia
Research
Preliminary Study of Fish Parasite in Lake Belbela
Author(s): Gebawo Tibesso Bedasso*
A preparatory consider of angle parasite in Lake Belbela was carried out by collecting angle species by utilizing gillnets of different work sizes. A add up to of 116 angle tests were collected from haphazardly chosen location of Lake Belbela. These included 74 (63.79%) Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), 11 (9.48%) Cyprinous carpio and 31 (26.72%) Labeobarbus intermius. The angle was inspected altogether both outside and inside. Out of 116 people of angles inspected amid the consider period, 26 (22.41%) were contaminated with parasites of which 6 (23.07%) were Labeobarbus intermius, 5 (19.23%), Cyprinous carpio and 15 (57.69%) were Oreochromis niloticus. The major parasites distinguished amid the examination incorporate grown-up Contracaecum (Nematoda), Eustrongylides (Nematoda), and metacercariae of Clinos.. View More»