A new record of myxobolus brachysporus and m. israelensis in the tilapia (oreochromis niloticus) collected from the Nile River, Egypt
Joint Authors
Zayid, Iman
al-Qurashi, Salih
Abd al-Baqi, Abd al-Azim S.
Sakran, Thabit
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 5 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.539-542, 4 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
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Abstract EN
The present study was carried out as part of an ongoing general survey for myxosporean parasites infecting tilapias in the River Nile, Egypt.
In the present study, 77 Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were collected from boat landing sites at Beni-Suef governorate, Egypt and examined for the myxosporean infection.
The infection was encountered as a huge number of free spores in the kidney and the spleen.
The infection showed a prevalence of 51.9% (40/77) for Myxobolus brachysporus while it was 25.9% (20/77) for Myxobolus israelensis.
Mature spores of M.
brachysporus were ellipsoidal and measured 8.6 · 13.2 lm.
The polar capsules were subcircular with 5–6 filament turns and measured 4.7 · 3.6 lm.
Spores of M.
israelensis were ellipsoidal in the frontal view and fusiform in the lateral view.
Spore measurements were 13.4 lm long and 8.7 lm wide.
The polar capsules were elongated with 6–7 filament coils and measured 8.6 · 3.1 lm.
The findings presented here proved that tilapia fishes in the Nile River are still suffering from infections with Myxobolus species.
Therefore, further studies should be carried out to survey the Myxobolus infection among tilapias under culture conditions to clarify the pathological impacts of this parasite in tilapias aquaculture.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Baqi, Abd al-Azim S.& Zayid, Iman& Sakran, Thabit& al-Qurashi, Salih. 2015. A new record of myxobolus brachysporus and m. israelensis in the tilapia (oreochromis niloticus) collected from the Nile River, Egypt. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 22, no. 5, pp.539-542.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-604319
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Baqi, Abd al-Azim S.…[et al.]. A new record of myxobolus brachysporus and m. israelensis in the tilapia (oreochromis niloticus) collected from the Nile River, Egypt. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 22, no. 5 (Sep. 2015), pp.539-542.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-604319
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Baqi, Abd al-Azim S.& Zayid, Iman& Sakran, Thabit& al-Qurashi, Salih. A new record of myxobolus brachysporus and m. israelensis in the tilapia (oreochromis niloticus) collected from the Nile River, Egypt. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2015. Vol. 22, no. 5, pp.539-542.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-604319
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 542
Record ID
BIM-604319