Parasitic infestations of some native species of fishes in cairo markets with special reference to parasites transmissible to man and animals

YJ.e present study was attempted to investigate the role of some native fish species in transmi tting parasi tic infestation to man and animals • .rl total of 300 fish aamp Le s ver e exami.ne d after preparation for the detection of encysted metacercariaaverage dimenlllions of the heavily infested fish we.r-e c.as follows: in Tilapia10c46 x 5.99 cm, Mugil27015 x 7 cm and Clarias28.1 x 6.35 cm, while the respective depth in these was 1.74 cm, 3.8 cm, 4.66 cm. The dia~eter of the encysted metacercariae in