TY - JOUR ID - 11349 TI - Survey of parasitic fauna of different ornamental freshwater fish species in Iran JO - Veterinary Research Forum JA - VRF LA - en SN - 2008-8140 AU - Adel, Milad AU - Ghasempour, Fatemeh AU - Azizi, Hamid Reza AU - Shateri, Mohamad Hadi AU - Safian, Ahmad Reza AD - Department of Aquatic Animal Health and Diseases, Caspian Sea Ecology Research Center, Sari, Iran AD - DVM Graduate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran AD - Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 75 EP - 78 KW - Iran KW - Ornamental fish KW - Parasites DO - N2 - Parasitic diseases are harmful and limiting factors in breeding and rearing ornamental fish industry. In this study, 400 apparently healthy ornamental fishes from five species (each species 80 specimens) including: Goldfish (Carassius auratus), guppy (Poecilia reticulate), angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare), discus (Symphsodon discus) and sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna) was obtained from a local ornamental fish farm in the north of Iran during 2011 to 2012. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the parasitic infections of aquarium fish in Iran. For this purpose, fish were first examined for ectoparasites using wet mount under a light microscope. Then, the alimentary ducts of fish were observed under light and stereo microscope. In survey of different infection rates for different parasitic infections in examining fish: Dactylogyrus sp., Gyrodactylus sp., Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Trichodina reticulata, Capillaria sp. and Lernaea cyprinacea were collected from five species. All five fish species had Monogenea (Gyrodactylidae and Dactylogyridae) in their skins and gills, the highest prevalence was observed in C. auratus and the lowest was in P. scalare and S. discus. Also, Capillaria sp. was reported as a first record from the abdominal cavity of P. scalare in Iran. Our findings revealed that the protozoal infections are very common among aquarium fishes. Although, no gross pathology was observed among infected fishes, but it is likely that in case of any changes in the environment, then parasitic infections could be harmful. UR - https://vrf.iranjournals.ir/article_11349.html L1 - https://vrf.iranjournals.ir/article_11349_fb43fae765ebb1afb7be588d6585bee4.pdf ER -