Specific composition of fish parasites in the lakes of the Ryazan Region

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SPECIFIC COMPOSITION OF FISH PARASITES IN THE LAKES OF THE RYAZAN REGION

Berestova A.N., Novak A.I.
P.A. Kostichev Ryazan Agrotechnological State University.

Summary

Fish of various species have a high rate of trematode metacercariae infection in the lakes of the Ryazan Region namely Diplostomum spathaceum (77- 100%), Tylodelphys clavata (38-56%) and ones attributed to family Strigeididae (31-100%) and monogeneans attributed to genus Dactylogyrus spp. (33-73%). Parasitic fauna is typical for reservoirs with slowly flowing water.


© 2016 The Author(s). Published by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. Skryabin.
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