Prevalence of parasites in the gut lumen of farmed catfish Clarias gariepinus in Lagos and Ogun States

A cross-sectional study was conducted in four (4) different production systems in Lagos and Ogun States of South Western Nigeria beetween December,2012 and May 2013 to determine the effect of Culture systems and management practices on prevalence of parasites in the gut of farmed catfish (Clarias gariepinus). Information on pond type, water source, feeding practices and general pond management were also gathered through administration of fish disease sample collection from Water for the examination of physicochemical parameters, was collected from 40 fish ponds comprising earthen, concrete, water recirculatory and poorly managed systems across the two (2) States. Temperature, pH and ammonia were monitored using the recommended range by FAO as standard. Also 160 live farmed catfish, 80 from each state, 20 from five different ponds of each system with a minimum of 4 live fish per system was collected, dissected and examined under the microscope for parasite load of the gut of C. gariepinus. The earthen, concrete and water recirculatory systems had good management practices compared to the poorly managed systems. The observed water physicochemical parameters in ponds with good management were within normal range. Five groups of parasites were observed; Protozoa (Eimeria spp), Cestodes (Bothriocephalus spp., Diphyllodium spp), Monogea (Enterogyrus spp), and copepods (Argasilus spp) and Nematodes (Procamallanus spp). Analysis of variance between location and System showed level of no significance (p< 0.05). The interaction effect of location (State) and production system on parasite load of C. gariepinus also was not significant (p>0.05). However interaction hetween Ogun and poorly managed system has the highest number of parasites (11.5), followed by Lagos (7.0). The systems with good management practice had low number of parasites with water recirculatory system recording the least number of parasites (0.5). Analysis of association between temperature, ammonia, and pH in all the cultured systems showed a significant level of correlation (p<0.05). In this study, poorly managed systems especially where farmed fish received water directly from rivers and streams predispose fish to parasite infection of the gut. Good water quality management and proper fish husbandry techniques will eliminate most parasitic infection and improve on fish production.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Oche, C.I., Omitoyin, B.O., Akpavie, S.O.
Format:	conference_item biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	FISON 2013
Subjects:	Aquaculture, Clarias gariepinus, Nigeria, Parasite, Water recirculatory system, C. gariepinus, freshwater environment, automation,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/39014
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