Occurrence of Trypanosoma sp. in wild African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) in the River Asi (north-eastern Mediterranean), Turkey Asi Nehri (Kuzeydoǧu Akdeniz, Türkiye) karabaliklari (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822)'nda rastlanılan kan paraziti, Trypanosoma sp.

Konaş, Egemen; GENÇ, ERCÜMENT; Kaya, Galip; Erol, Cavit

doi:10.3906/zoo-0807-24

Occurrence of Trypanosoma sp. in wild African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) in the River Asi (north-eastern Mediterranean), Turkey Asi Nehri (Kuzeydoǧu Akdeniz, Türkiye) karabaliklari (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822)'nda rastlanılan kan paraziti, Trypanosoma sp.

Konaş E., GENÇ E., Kaya G., Erol C.

Turkish Journal of Zoology, cilt.34, sa.2, ss.271-273, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2010
Doi Numarası: 10.3906/zoo-0807-24
Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Zoology
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.271-273
Anahtar Kelimeler: Asi river, Clarias gariepinus, Hatay, Trypanosoma, Turkey
Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Fifteen African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) were collected from the River Asi (River Orontes) in Antakya (Hatay, Turkey) in November 2007, and fish blood samples were examined for the presence of blood parasites. The existence of infection with Trypanosoma (hemoparasite) was identified in 13 out of the 15 fish specimens. Currently there are no records of the presence of any species of Trypanosoma infecting Clarias gariepinus in Anatolia. Thus this study is the first report of Trypanosoma sp. infections in Clarias gariepinus in Turkey. © TÜBİTAK.