Role of Marine Fish In Transmission of Some Parasites In Animals and Birds

The present study was carried out to investigate the role of marinefish in transmission of certain helminth parasites to animals and birdsSamples from 479 of nine species of marine fishes Epinephalus gigas,Mullus barbatus, Sciaena umbra, Chryosphyres aurata, Mm-one labrax, Solea vulgaris, Mugil cephalus, Cottus gobio and Sardinella jussieu. wereexamined from the beginning of January, 1991 till the end of December,1992. 109 fishes 22.76% were infected with metacercariae, 7 (1.46%) wereinfected with cestode larvae and 19 (3.96%) were infected with nematodelarvae with total infection rates (27.14%). Concerning, with seasonalincidence showed that the high infestation rate from metacercariae insummer season (31.40%), followed by spring 24.66% then autum 16.43%and low in winter 12.51 %. Dealing with the infection of each species of fishfor trematode metacercariae, Mugil cephalus (Bouri) represent highlincospectin was the most effective antibiotic on mycoplasma followed bygentamycin and amoxicillin.