Parasitic Nematodes Of Freshwater Fishes Of Africa

The rivers and lakes of Africa contain almost 25% of the world?s 13,000 freshwater fish species and are second only to South America in species richness. These fish are parasitised by a wide range of organisms that can be detrimental to both farmed and wild fishes with consequent effects on economic development, and often on human health. Knowledge of these parasites in African freshwater fishes is limited and this book is intended to promote and advance understanding of African fish parasites by providing information on the best techniques for investigating fish and their parasites and keys to parasite identification. The first comprehensive list of all known freshwater fish parasites in Africa is presented here, with information on their known hosts and distribution, keys to all genera and representative illustrations for every genus. This information should facilitate and stimulate the development of fish parasitology on the African continent which has great potential for aquaculture and fishery development.

The monograph is meant to provide basic data on fish nematodes, enabling their reliable determination in European conditions. It combines modern knowledge of the taxonomy, biology, and ecology of these parasites with keys for identification, diagnoses of higher taxa and descriptions and illustrations of all species parasitic in fishes as adults and larvae. It also gives data on their hosts, localization, distribution and in particular their life cycles and bionomy. Altogether 84 nematode species belonging to 48 genera of 17 families are dealt with in this way. The list of references includes about 570 papers. This publicaton is intended for parasitologists, veterinarians, workers i.

The entitled book "Freshwater Fish Parasites" spread over 10 chapters, with complete pictorial guide of different fresh water fish parasites all over the country. The detail etiology, clinical signs, prophylaxis and treatment of parasitic diseases have been discussed in a simplified manner for easy understanding of students, researchers, teachers, scientists and farmers in the field .The book covers most interesting chapters and will guide to identify and manage parasitic diseases including some aspects of latest developments in fish parasitological research. A comprehensive approach has been made to cover all the progressive areas of parasitic disease management starting from identification of the parasites, basic status of diseases towards various approaches to diagnose, prevent and control disease conditions. The parasitic problems of different fishes, like indigenous fishes, exotic fishes of commercial importance, sport fishes and ornamental fishes have been addressed to give a complete parasitic disease profile on total fishery. The behavior of the hosts, interrelationship of soil and water with parasitized hosts, and mechanism of parasitic attachment are important aspects of the concerned book.