Helminth Parasites of Nile Tilapia
Prevalence of trematode parasites in oreochromis niloticus harvested at Ggaba landing site.
(fishing communities are faced with a challenge of close proximity with snails especially at a landing site with swampy areas since these are breeding sites for snails basing on parasitology studies trematodes use snails as intermediate hosts in their life cycle fish feed on snails and can also act as accidental hosts henceforth infecting humans)
Hypothesis
There are no trematodes in fish handled at Ggaba landing site.
Source of fish???
Aim of study ---4m title
Objective will influence methodolog ---what and result of prevalence Title
Introduction/background to the study
Problem statement
Purpose
Specific objectives, research questions or hypothesis Why the nile tilapia??
Literature review
Materials and methods sampling Expected results/outputs
References
Study area
Ggaba is located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, at the southern tip of the city of Kampala. It is bordered by Murchison Bay in Lake Victoria to the south and east, the village of Kawuku to the northeast, Bbunga to the north, Buziga to the northwest and Munyonyo to the southwest. The coordinates of Ggaba are: 00 15 450N, 32 37 450E. The road distance between Ggaba and the Kampala central business district is approximately 12 kilometres.
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PARASITE INFESTATION OF
TILAPIA
IN NATURAL AND CULTURED ENVIRONMENTS
ABIDEMI-IROMINI A.O & R.N EZE
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION
Tilapia is now one of the most widely distributed exotic fish in the world, second only to common carp, as their introduced range now stretches to nearly every continent and include 90 different countries. Tilapias are widespread in the tropics and sub-tropics
(Intervet, 2006). They are highly adaptable and easily cultured. The fish are reared in ponds, cages, or pens and they grow well in fresh water and brackish waters.
(fishing communities are faced with a challenge of close proximity with snails especially at a landing site with swampy areas since these are breeding sites for snails basing on parasitology studies trematodes use snails as intermediate hosts in their life cycle fish feed on snails and can also act as accidental hosts henceforth infecting humans)
Hypothesis
There are no trematodes in fish handled at Ggaba landing site.
Source of fish???
Aim of study ---4m title
Objective will influence methodolog ---what and result of prevalence Title
Introduction/background to the study
Problem statement
Purpose
Specific objectives, research questions or hypothesis Why the nile tilapia??
Literature review
Materials and methods sampling Expected results/outputs
References
Study area
Ggaba is located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, at the southern tip of the city of Kampala. It is bordered by Murchison Bay in Lake Victoria to the south and east, the village of Kawuku to the northeast, Bbunga to the north, Buziga to the northwest and Munyonyo to the southwest. The coordinates of Ggaba are: 00 15 450N, 32 37 450E. The road distance between Ggaba and the Kampala central business district is approximately 12 kilometres.
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PARASITE INFESTATION OF
TILAPIA
IN NATURAL AND CULTURED ENVIRONMENTS
ABIDEMI-IROMINI A.O & R.N EZE
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, NIGERIA
INTRODUCTION
Tilapia is now one of the most widely distributed exotic fish in the world, second only to common carp, as their introduced range now stretches to nearly every continent and include 90 different countries. Tilapias are widespread in the tropics and sub-tropics
(Intervet, 2006). They are highly adaptable and easily cultured. The fish are reared in ponds, cages, or pens and they grow well in fresh water and brackish waters.
References: (Intervet, 2006). They are highly adaptable and easily cultured. The fish are reared in ponds, cages, or pens and they grow well in fresh water and brackish waters the fish; its few disease problems; and the availability of its fry have resulted in intensification of production (Seafood Watch, 2006) systems, Tilapias were more resistant to disease than many other fish species (Roberts and Sommerville, 1982) environmental factors also play a role in their occurrence (Thrusfield, 1997). host and its health status (Carpenter et. al., 2001) Parasite infections in fish causes production and economic losses through direct fish mortality; reduction in fish growth; reproduction and energy loss; increase in the susceptibility of fish to disease and predation; and through the high cost of treatment (Cowx, 1992) transmission and potential intermediate hosts is often crucial to select the most appropriate management action to reduce or eliminate the problem (Aken’ova, 2000) (2004) who reported more infection in female fish; and that they are more liable to infection with nematodes and acanthocephalan which were among the group reported in these different cultured sites. This is in line with Martin, et. al. 2009, which reported that higher infections levels in cultured tilapia than in wild tilapia are attributed to higher fish densities in 5588 Adepeju (2009) and Ibiwoye et al