Distribution of Helminth Parasites in Intestines and Their Seasonal Rate of Infestation in Three Freshwater Fishes of Kashmir

Table 12

Infection dynamics of Adenoscolex oreini recorded of Schizothorax spp. from Dal Lake and River Jhelum.

Season	Host	Dal Lake							River Jhelum
		Number examined	Number infected	Prevalence (%)	Number of parasites	Mean intensity	Abundance	value	Number examined	Number infected	Prevalence (%)	Number of parasites	Mean intensity	Abundance	value
Spring	S. niger	14	6	42.85	29	4.8	2.07	>0.05	15	5	33.33	36	7.2	2.4	>0.05
	S. esocinus	19	5	26.31	14	2.8	0.73	>0.05	20	8	40	54	6.7	2.7	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	16	7	43.75	38	5.4	2.37	>0.05	19	7	36.84	35	5	1.84	>0.05
Summer	S. niger	18	9	50	42	4.6	2.33	>0.05	16	6	37.5	80	13.3	5	>0.05
	S. esocinus	17	8	47.05	92	11.5	5.41	>0.05	18	7	38.88	42	6	2.33	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	19	9	47.36	56	6.2	2.94	>0.05	15	9	60	39	4.3	2.6	>0.05
Autumn	S. niger	25	6	24	18	3	0.72	<0.05	20	7	35	52	7.4	2.6	>0.05
	S. esocinus	19	5	26.31	27	5.4	1.42	>0.05	19	6	31.57	65	10.8	3.42	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	18	7	38.88	29	4.1	1.61	>0.05	22	7	31.81	80	11.4	3.63	>0.05
Winter	S. niger	19	3	15.78	6	2	0.31	<0.01	25	4	16	12	3	0.48	<0.01
	S. esocinus	22	4	18.18	12	3	0.54	<0.01	16	3	18.75	21	7	1.31	<0.05
	S. curvifrons	18	2	11.11	8	4	0.44	<0.01	15	4	26.66	29	7.2	1.93	>0.05
	Total	224	71	31.69	371	5.2	1.65	<0.01	220	73	33.18	545	7.4	2.47	<0.01