STUDY OF DIPLOSTOMULUM INFECTION ON VARIOUS SOMATIC AND VISCERAL ORGANS OF Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)
MD. MANSOOR ALAM *
Department of Zoology, L. N. Mithila University, Darbhanga – 846008, India.
N. K. DUBEY
Department of Zoology, L. N. Mithila University, Darbhanga – 846008, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Parasites are primarily surviving in a dynamic equilibrium with their host. Strigeoid Diplostomulum metacercariae are larvae of helminth which are commonly found in the fish thriving in oxygen deficient water bodies. The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of infestation of diplostomulum infection on various somatic and visceral organs and cause extensive damage to the fish. However, symptoms observed were necrosis, fibrosis and other mechanical damages.
Keywords: Parasites, diplostomulum, metacercaria, necrosis, fibrosis.