Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842), a new host of Contracaecum sp. and Capillaria sp. (Nematoda) from the Kor River Basin, southwestern Iran.

Zeinab Gholami; Mohammad Taghi Rahimi; Eshrat Beigom Kia; Hamid Reza Esmaeili; Iraj Mobedi

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Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842), a new host of Contracaecum sp. and Capillaria sp. (Nematoda) from the Kor River Basin, southwestern Iran.

Author: Zeinab GHOLAMI ¹ ; Mohammad Taghi RAHIMI ² ; Eshrat Beigom KIA ³ ; Hamid Reza ESMAEILI ⁴ ; Iraj MOBEDI ³
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1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology & GeoBio-Center LMU, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Richard-Wagner-Strasse10, Munich, Germany.
2. Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.
3. Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4. Department of Biology, College of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Capillaria; Capoeta damascina; Contracaecum; Kor River Basin; Public health
From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2014;4(Suppl 1):S139-42
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo investigate the parasitic infection status of cyprinid fish, Capoeta damascina in Gomban spring-stream, Kor River Basin, Fars Province, southwestern Iran.
METHODSA total of 12 cyprinid fish (7 females and 5 males) were collected from Gomban spring-stream, Kor River Basin, Fars Province, southwestern Iran. The collected fish were dissected carefully and their internal organs such as liver, gonad, muscle, abdominal lobes, whole viscera and digestive tract were surveyed parasitologically.
RESULTSOne female cyprinid fish out of 12 fish was infected with three nematodes. Two nematodes (larvae) were identified as Contracaecum sp. which were attached firmly to the outer part of intestine and another adult helminth was recognized as Capillaria sp. which was recovered from digestive content.
CONCLUSIONSThis study is the first record indicating that cyprinid fish acts as a new host for recovered nematodes. Further helminthological investigations are highly recommended in different parts of Iran in order to expand our knowledge about helmintic parasites of cyprinid fish and their role in transmission of diseases to human and animal.