Endo-Parasites of some Fresh Water Fish in Zobe Dam, Dutsin-Ma, Kastina State

Abstract

Parasites of fish, either external or internal constitute one of the major problems to fish health and also a great concern; since they often cause disease conditions in fish which can also be transferred to man, The study is aimed to identify the endo-parasites of some fresh water fish in Zobe dam Dutsin-Ma, Kastina State. A total of 180 fish were collected from 3 different fish species. The collected Fish samples were transported in a cool bucket containing ice flex to the Biology laboratory. The fishes were weighed and placed on a dissecting tray for proper dissection in order to reveal the internal organs. They were centrifuge and the content was place on a slide for microscopic examination. The total number of the parasite based on class were 37 and varies according to the fish species. Oreochromis. niloticus and Clarias. garienpinus had the highest number of parasites with a total of 15 and 12 respectively while Bargus bayard had the lowest parasite load with 10 parasites. The highest mean fish weight recorded in this study is 0.21kg with percentage infection of 40%. The sizes of the fish species are all within the range of 9–38cm, the longest fish has size range of 1 to 38 with percentage infection of 40%. This result therefore suggests that there were various fish parasites from fish sample collected from Zobe dam and fish should be properly cooked or smoked before consumption to avoid health risk due to some these parasites.