Ercüment GENÇ, Cavit EROL, Egemen KONAŞ, Galip KAYA

Occurrence of Trypanosoma sp. in wild African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822) in the River Asi (north-eastern Mediterranean), Turkey

Asi Nehri’nden Kasım 2007’de elde edilen 15 adet karabalık, kan paraziti varlığı yönünden incelenmiştir. 15 balığın 13 adedinde hemoparazit Trypanosoma sp. varlığına rastlanılmıştır. Anadolu’dan Clarias gariepinus için Trypanosoma enfeksiyonu daha önce bildirilmediğinden, bu çalışma ile ilk kez Asi Nehri karabalıklarında Trypanosoma sp.’nin varlığı bildirilmiştir.

Asi Nehri (Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz, Türkiye) karabalıkları (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822)’nda rastlanılan kan paraziti, Trypanosoma sp.

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.

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