SAPROLEGNIASIS OF BARBUS SHARPEYI , GUNTHER (BUNNEI FISH) IN BASRAH / IRAQ

A.H.  AL-DUBOON; M. A.  Al-Mukhtar; A.A.R.  JASSIM; S.Q.  BADER; J.M.  AL-ZAWAR

doi:10.58629/ijaq.v3i1.300

SAPROLEGNIASIS OF BARBUS SHARPEYI , GUNTHER (BUNNEI FISH) IN BASRAH / IRAQ

Authors

A.H. AL-DUBOON University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
M. A. Al-Mukhtar University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
A.A.R. JASSIM University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
S.Q. BADER University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
J.M. AL-ZAWAR University of Basrah, Marine Science Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58629/ijaq.v3i1.300

Keywords:

Saprolegniasis, Saprolegnia parasitica, Barbus sharpeyi

Abstract

Among 600 bunnei fishes transferred from Qurna marshes to fish ponds at Basrah University/Marine Science Center, 211 fishes were infected with saprolegniasis during the period from January to March, 2005 constituting a percentage of infection of 35.1% which was diagnosed by its clinical features and by direct examination with 10% KOH solution and by culture. The cultutred fungus was Saprolegnia parasitica.

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Author Biography

A.H. AL-DUBOON, University of Basrah, Marine Science Center

Dep. Marine Biology

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Published

20-03-2022

How to Cite

AL-DUBOON, A. ., Al-Mukhtar, M. A. ., JASSIM, A. ., BADER, S. ., & AL-ZAWAR, J. . (2022). SAPROLEGNIASIS OF BARBUS SHARPEYI , GUNTHER (BUNNEI FISH) IN BASRAH / IRAQ. Iraqi Journal of Aquaculture, 3(1), 25–29. https://doi.org/10.58629/ijaq.v3i1.300