Publication Date:
2021-07-16
Description:
Aras reservoir freshwater crayfish is an important economic fisheries resource of West Azarbaijan, Iran. This study was concluded to evaluate the prevalence of parasitic infestation of Crayfish in this area during different seasons of 2012. Among 390 different sizes of Astacus leptodactylus which were examined, arrange of ectocommensals or ectosymbionts from a number of different phyla including 9 phylum and 11 class infested the different anatomic units of the surface and appendages such as gills, head , thorax, abdomen, walking legs, uropod, telson, antennae and antennulae of freshwater crayfish. Common groups such as peritrich ciliates, suctorian ciliates, free living nematodes, branchiobdellids, and Algae, copepods, rotifers and oligochaetes have also been observed in association with freshwater crayfish.
Keywords:
Fisheries
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Health
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Iran
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Aras dam
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West Azarbaijan
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Crayfish
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Freshwater
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Parasitic andcommensal infestation
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Astacus leptodactylus
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
monograph
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
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