- Journal of Anatolian Environmental and Animal Sciences
- Vol: 1 Issue: 2
- The Investigation of External Protozoan Parasites on Some Fish Sampled from Rize
The Investigation of External Protozoan Parasites on Some Fish Sampled from Rize
Authors : ŞEVKİ KAYIŞ, AKİF ER, ZEYNEP ZEHRA KAÇAR
Pages : 44-47
Doi:10.35229/jaes.273806
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Publication Date : 2016-11-30
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Determination of the pathogenic protozoan fish parasites and their host fish very important issue. In this study, the protozoan parasides sampled from the skins and gills of the some fish species captured in Rize, which is located in North-Eastern part of Turkey, were investigated. During the study, five different protozoan parasite species (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Ichthyobodo necator, Trichodina sp. Chilodonella sp, ve Apiosoma sp.) were determined on the fish sampled from fish farm and aquarium environments, as rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss), çoruh trout (Salmo coruhensis), spotted cichlid (Cichlasoma severum), beta (Betta splendens), goldfish (Carassius auratus), angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare) and discus (Symphsodon discus).Keywords : Rize, protozoan parasites, fish