Comparative study of Helminth infection in fishes of natural and artificial water bodies of Ladakh (J. & K.)
1Shabir Ahmad Dar, Fayaz Ahmad, J. A. Kuchai, J. A. Dar and M. R. Mir
Department of Zoology; University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (India)
ABSTRACT
During the helminthological investigation in fishes of Ladakh, a comparative study of natural water bodies (Indus and Suru) and artificial fish farms maintained by government was carried out. Out of 170 fishes collected from natural water bodies belonging to three species (Diptychus maculatus, Schizothorax progastrus and Schizothorax plagiostomus)18 were found infected with Rhabdochona himalayai Fotedar & Dhar9, Allocreadium schizothoracis Pande15 and Neoechinorhynchus yalei Datta6 respectively with overall prevalence of 10.58% and out of 206 fishes collected from artificial fish farms belonging to two species (Cyprinus carpio communis and Schizothorax niger) 34 were found infected with Diplozoon kashmirensis Kaw, 1950 and Diplozoon aegyptensis, Fischthal & Kuntz8 with overall prevalence of 16.50%. Surprisingly the Chi Square analysis revealed that the results are significant at p<0.05.