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

ABDUL-HAFIZ  AL-DUBOON; MUSTAFA A.  AL –MUKHTAR; ABDUL AMER R.  JASSIM; SANAA QASSEM  BADGER; JIHAD M.  AL-ZWAR

doi:10.58629/ijaq.v2i2.317

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

Authors

ABDUL-HAFIZ AL-DUBOON University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
MUSTAFA A. AL –MUKHTAR University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
ABDUL AMER R. JASSIM University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
SANAA QASSEM BADGER University of Basrah, Marine Science Center
JIHAD M. AL-ZWAR University of Basrah, Marine Science Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58629/ijaq.v2i2.317

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

ABDUL-HAFIZ AL-DUBOON, University of Basrah, Marine Science Center

Dept of Marine Biology

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Published

20-03-2022

How to Cite

AL-DUBOON, A.-H. ., AL –MUKHTAR, M. A. ., JASSIM, A. A. R., BADGER, S. Q., & AL-ZWAR, J. M. (2022). SAPROLEGNIASIS OF BARBUS SHARPEYI , GUNTHER (BUNNEI FISH) IN BASRAH / IRAQ. Iraqi Journal of Aquaculture, 2(2), 107–112. https://doi.org/10.58629/ijaq.v2i2.317