The Investigation of External Protozoan Parasites on Some Fish Sampled from Rize

Determination of the pathogenic protozoan fish parasites and their host fish very important issue. In this study, the protozoan parasides sampled from the skins and gills of the some fish species captured in Rize, which is located in North-Eastern part of Turkey, were investigated. During the study, five different protozoan parasite species (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Ichthyobodo necator, Trichodina sp. Chilodonella sp, ve Apiosoma sp.) were determined on the fish sampled from fish farm and aquarium environments, as rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss), çoruh trout (Salmo coruhensis), spotted cichlid (Cichlasoma severum), beta (Betta splendens), goldfish (Carassius auratus), angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare) and discus (Symphsodon discus).

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