CASE REPORT: CLINICAL SINGS LESIONS OF BLACK BAG DISEASE OF <i>SARCOTACES </i>SPР. (COPEPODA, PHILICHTHYIDAE) INFESTATION CROPPER FISH <i>EPINEPHELUS TAUVINA</i> IN NORTHWEST ARABIAN GULF

CASE REPORT: CLINICAL SINGS LESIONS OF BLACK BAG DISEASE OF <i>SARCOTACES </i>SPР. (COPEPODA, PHILICHTHYIDAE) INFESTATION CROPPER FISH <i>EPINEPHELUS TAUVINA</i> IN NORTHWEST ARABIAN GULF

Sarcotaces sp . (copepods), which infest and some the clinical sings lesions in cropper fish Epinephelus tauvina were register in Northwest Arabian Gulf. In March and June 2016, a total of 8 fish freshly collected from Al-Fao market South of Al-Basra City, northwest Arabian Gulf, Iraq. One of fish o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: T. Mohamed Essa
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Federal Scientific Centre VIEV 2019-10-01
Series:Российский паразитологический журнал
Subjects:
sarcotaces sp
copepod
marine fish
arabian gulf
epinephelus
iraq
копепод
морская рыба
аравийский залив
epinephelus tauvina
ирак
Online Access:https://vniigis.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/401
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Summary:Sarcotaces sp . (copepods), which infest and some the clinical sings lesions in cropper fish Epinephelus tauvina were register in Northwest Arabian Gulf. In March and June 2016, a total of 8 fish freshly collected from Al-Fao market South of Al-Basra City, northwest Arabian Gulf, Iraq. One of fish only infested with Sarcotaces sp. infested with Black Bag Disease with prevalence percentage 12.5 % Fish infected with Sarcotaces sp. showed no any clinical abnormalities and appeared to be completely normal. A new host and new geographical distribution for this copepod parasite in the fish of the Iraqi marine waters of the Arabian Gulf
ISSN:1998-8435
2541-7843

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