Occurrence of Trypanosoma sp. in wild African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) in the River Asi (north-eastern Mediterranean), Turkey

Authors : Egemen KONAŞ, Ercüment GENÇ, Galip KAYA, Cavit EROL

Pages : 271-273

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Fifteen African sharptooth catfish insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822); were collected from the River Asi insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(River Orontes); in Antakya insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hatay, Turkey); in November 2007, and fish blood samples were examined for the presence of blood parasites. The existence of infection with Trypanosoma insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(hemoparasite); was identified in 13 out of the 15 fish specimens. Currently there are no records of the presence of any species of Trypanosoma infecting Clarias gariepinus in Anatolia. Thus this study is the first report of Trypanosoma sp. infections in Clarias gariepinus in Turkey.
Keywords : Trypanosoma, Clarias gariepinus, Asi Nehri, Hatay, Türkiye