Rajendran Rakesh¹*, Ekhalak Ansari² and Kathirvelu Baskar³

¹Department of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India
²Department of Aquatic Biology, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India
³Optimurz Bio and IT Solutions, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding Author: Rajendran Rakesh, Department of Biosciences, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India.

Received: June 18, 2018; Published: July 05, 2018

Citation: Rajendran Rakesh., et al. "Investigations on Protozoan Infection in Cirrhinus mrigala”. Acta Scientific Microbiology 1.8 (2018).

Abstract

  Cirrhinus mrigala is one of the most economically important fish in India, they are cultured in ponds and tanks for commercial uses. During culture period many organisms are affected to C. mrigala, among them microsporidia is one of the protozoans parasite that infested the fish. In present study, mrigal fish were collected from rearing ponds for parasitological, microsporidian examination by gross and histopathology (muscle, gills, brain and tissue). The present study revealed that presence of the microsporidian in C. mrigala fingerlings by wet mount, also histopathological strongly confirmed that the presence of spores in gills, primary and secondary lamellae and intracellularly, endothelial cells. Infected fishes revealed that the hemorrhage, intracellular edema and infiltrations of blood cells. The spores were detected in necrotic region and myoseptal boundaries of fish muscles, also in liver and kidney. Histopathological analysis and wet mount observation indicated the presence of microsporidian in collected fishes.

Keywords: Microsporidia; Cirrhinus mrigala; Poikilothermic Vertebrates

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