Identification of intestinal helminths found in Arius manilensis Valenciennes, 1840, Clarias batrachus Linnaeus, 1758, Glossogobius giurus Hamilton, 1882, and Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793 collected in Kamuning Public Market

• Main Authors: Legaspi, Nikki Anne, Subido, Tricia, Tuazon, Hazel, Vergeire, Liza
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/12109
• Institution: De La Salle University

Fish parasites are frequently encountered as cumbersome in pond cultivation, inducing mortality or imposing health hazards to prospective consumers. By using techniques to isolate the intestinal helminths from the intestines of Arius manilensis Valenciennes, 1840 (kanduli), Clarias batrachus Linnaeus, 1758 (bia), Glossogobius giurus Hamilton, 1882 (bia), and Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793 (dalag) collected in Kamuning Public Market, the study sought to identify the parasites and determine the prevalence of these parasites in the host species. From the samples of host species studied, a total of six helminths were collected. Four spiny-headed worms were isolated from dalag, one from hito, and one from bia. Three were identified under the genus Neoechinorhynchus and one under the genus Nipporhynchus, both an Acanthocephalan. The parasite collected from kanduli was identified under the genus Quimperia, a nematode. Findings suggest that the host species were not heavily infected with parasites. Only 1% of the samples of C. batrachus Linnaeus, 1758, G. giurus Hamilton, 1882, and A manilensis Valenciennes, 1840 were infected with parasites while 3% of O. striatus Bloch, 1793 was infected.