Seasonal occurrence and infestation intensity of a digenetic rematode and two cestodes in fishes of Awangsoi fishery, Bishnupur, Manipur

Th. Ranibala^a, A.Vishweshwari^a,  Devashish Kar^a,  A.N.Jha^b ,  H.Puinyabati^c  & M.Shomorendra^c*
^aDepartment of Life Sciences, Assam University, Silchar-ll, Assam
^bDepartment of Zoology, BRA Bihar Univesity, Muzaffarpur-842001, Bihar
^cFish disease Lab., Department of Zoology, Thambal Marik College, Oinam-795139, Manipur.
Received 8th April, 2010; Revised 16th July, 2010

Abstract : The present investigation deals with the study on seasonal occurrence and infestation intensity of a digenetic trematode –Astiotrema reniferum (Looss, 1898) Looss, 1900, two cestodes namely Djombangia penetrans Bovein, 1962 and Capingentoides singhi Verma, 1971 from Clarias batrachus (L). These parasites having quit low prevalance and even the infestation was absent during certain months of the investigation period..