Fieldwork was conducted in 1998 and 1999 in the Okavango River and Delta and a total of 275 fishes representing 31 species were examined for the presence of myxosporean parasites. A total of seven myxosporeans of the genus Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 were found infecting the fishes. Two new species namely Myxobolus etsatsaensis sp. n. from Barbus thamalakanensis Fowler, 1935 and M. paludinosus sp....

To our knowledge, no previous anaesthetic experiments are conducted on shabbout fish. The results from the present study indicated that the induction times decreased significantly as the doses increased in all the anaesthetics (p < /em>

A feeding trial was conducted for sixty continuouse days to determine the effect of dietary Aloe vera on parameters related to growth rate, health status and hematological parameters of shirbot (Barbus grypus). Two hundred and forty fish weighing 50-60 g were randomly subjected to four different treatment, including control, T1 (0.1% of Aloe vera), T2 (0.2%) and T3 (0.5%) in triplicate. Hematol...

This study was performed to determine infection and pathologies of the parasites (Myxobolus cyprini Lamproglena pulchella) on three different fish species (Barbus lacerta, Capoeta trutta umbla) caught in Wildlife. The for this were transported laboratory accordance with ethical rules investigated parasites. According results, two parasite identified. Myxobolus found soft tissue pectoral fins as...

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Velkova-Jordanoska, L. & Kostoski, G.: Histopathological analysis of liver in fish (Barbus meridionalis petenyi Heckel) in reservoir Trebeni{ta. Nat. Croat., Vol. 14, No. 2., 147–153, 2005, Zagreb. The Barbus meridionalis petenyi Heck. is a typical benthophagous fish, feeding on the zoobenthos and plant components and thanks to its sensitivity to the changes in surrounding medium is an ideal ob...