Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LX
Written by Sonya SHUKEROVA, Diana KIRIN, Maria CHUNCHUKOVA, Dimitrinka KUZMANOVA
The aim of the study was to reveal the helminth diversity and the parameters of infection of white bream (Blicca bjoerkna) from Srebarna Biosphere Reserve, North-East Bulgaria. This is the first study of helminth fauna of white bream from Srebarna lake. The hosts were examined by standard techniques. Five species of helminths were found: trematodes (metacercariae of Diplostomum paraspathaceum, Diplostomum pseudospathaceum, Posthodiplostomum cuticola, Tylodelphys clavata) and monogenean (Paradiplozoon homoion). All helminth species identified in the present study are new host-records for the white bream in the Srebarna Lake. Blicca bjoerkna was reported as a new host record for digeneans, namely Diplostomum paraspathaceum, D. pseudospathaceum, T. clavata and T. monogenean, P. homoion from the territory of Bulgaria. Blicca bjoerkna was reported as a new host record for D. paraspathaceum, D. pseudospathaceum and monogenean P. homoion from Balkan Peninsula. In the present study, was reported for the first time the trematodes for D. paraspathaceum, D. pseudospathaceum as parasite of white bream from Basin of Danube River.
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