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protein,  neutral  detergent fibre, and acid         Jahangirnagar   University,  Savar,   Dhaka).
             detergent fibre contents in these foliages were      ENDOHELMINTH INFESTATION IN CHANNA
             similar (P>0.05) but organic matter (OM)  in         PUNCTATUS (BLOCH, 1794). Bang. J. Life Sci.,
             Gliricidia was significantly higher (P<0.05) than    2008, 20 (2), 17-25.
             other foliages. The content of Ca in Gliricidia
             was higher (P<0.01) compared to  lpil-ipil-1,        The investigation was conducted to determine the
             Ipil-ipil-2 and Calliandra foliages while the  P     prevalence and intensity of endohelminth parasites
             content was not significantly different (P>0.05).    in Channa Punctatus  from November 2001 to
             The concentration of total phenols in these four     October 2002. A total of 90  host  fish  were
             tree  foliages  were similar (P>0.05). Total         examined in which 46.7% were infected with 4 species
             tannins in lpilipil-1 and  condensed  tannins  in    of  endohelminths  such   as  Ancistrocephalaus
             Calliandra  were  found higher (P<0.01) than         microcephalus, Haplonema immulatum, Camallanus
             other foliages, the concentration  of  condensed     anabantis  and    Pallisentis  ophiocephali.The
             tannins was less than the predicted value of 5%      infestation was higher in male  (63.9%)  than
             to cause deleterious effect on animal.  The          female   (35.2%).   Among      the   identified
             estimated in vitro  OM digestibility in Gliricidia   endohelminths, highest (33.3%) and lowest (3.3%)
             was higher (P<0.01) compared to Ipil-ipil-l, Ipil-   prevalence showed by the P. ophiocephali and A.
             ipil-2 and Calliandra foliages.  There  was  no      microcephalus,  respectively.A total of 105
             difference  in  metabolisable energy content of      parasites  were collected in which 48, 39, and l8
             four foliages. The results suggest that these        parasites were collected from  intestine,  body
             foliages are of higher nutritional values and may    cavity and liver, respectively and their intensity
             be used to feed ruminants.                           were 2.3±1.7, 1.8±1.6, and 3.6±2.4l, respectively.
                                                                  The intensity of parasites was highest (3.6±2.4l) in
             595.1 :  ZOOLOGY : HELMINTHES                        the  liver whereas, highest prevalence (23.3%)
                                                                  occurs both in intestine and body  cavity.Among
             164  ALAM, M. R.; KAMRUJJAMAN,                       the length groups, highest prevalence (50%) found
                                                                  in both 14-16 cm and 20-22 cm length groups and
             M.     (Dept.   of   Zoology,    Jahangirnagar       highest intensity (3.6±2.l) observed in  20-22  cm
             University, Savar,  Dhaka)  &  BHUIYAN, A.I.         length group.
             (Dept.  of Zoology, Dhaka University, Dhaka).
             ENDOPARASITIC    HELMINTHS    IN  NOTOPTERUS         166 PARVEEN,         R.;    D’SILVA,       J.;
             NOTOPTERUS IN BANGLADESH.  Bang. J. Life             KHANUM, H. & ZAMAN, Z.  (Dept. of
             Sci., 2006, 18 (2), 51-57.
                                                                  Zoology, Dhaka University, Dhaka). HELMINTH
             Helminth parasites found in Notopterus notopterus    PARASITES      IN   ANABAS     TESTUDINEUS
                                                                  (BLOCH, 1792). Bang. J. Zool., 2006, 34 (1), 35-
             were examined. In total, 4 of such parasites were
             recorded  in  this study. These were, one from       40.
             Nematoda and three from Trematoda. One species         A  total  of  seven species of helminth parasites of
             of Nematoda i.e.,  Spirocamallanus notopteri  and
             two species of Trematoda i.e.,  Phyllodistomum       Anabas testudineus  was  collected among which
             folium  and  Singhia thapari  were found in the      three species were  trematodes:  Neopecoelina
             intestine. Whereas, Ancylodiscoides notopterus, an   saharanpurensis, Ptychogonimus megastomus,
             only monogenea trematoda was collected from the      Brevicreadium congeri;  and four species were
             gills of the host. It is believed that the later species   nematodes:  Zeylanema anabantis, Z. bidigitalis,
             is the first report from Bangladesh.                 Metaquimperia   madhuai,   and   Gnathostoma
                                                                  spinigerum.  Most of the parasites were found in
             165 KHANUM,           H.;    NAHAR,        S.;       the intestine. Only  G spinigerum were collected
                                                                  from the liver. The overall prevalence of infection
             FERDOUS, Z.  (Dept.  of Zoology, Dhaka               of the parasites of A. testudineus was 90% and the
             University, Dhaka);  UDDIN, M.H.  (Laboratory        intensity was 3.33. The prevalence  was  higher
             Science Division, ICDDR, B, Dhaka)  &                (100%) in male fishes than in female fishes (84%)
             KAMRUJJAMAN, M.  (Dept. of  Zoology,                 the intensity was equal in both the male and female



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