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

Table 6

Infection dynamics of Pomphorhynchus kashmirensis 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	14	2.33	1	>0.05	15	4	26.6	12	3	0.8	>0.05
	S. esocinus	19	3	15.78	3	1	0.05	<0.01	20	5	25	8	1.6	0.4	<0.05
	S. curvifrons	16	2	12.5	6	3	0.18	<0.01	19	9	47.3	6	0.6	0.31	>0.05
Summer	S. niger	18	7	38.8	9	1.28	0.5	>0.05	16	8	50	7	0.87	0.43	>0.05
	S. esocinus	17	5	29.4	13	2.6	0.76	>0.05	18	8	44.4	15	1.87	0.83	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	19	4	21.05	6	1.5	0.31	<0.05	15	9	60	18	2	1.2	>0.05
Autumn	S. niger	25	6	24	13	2.16	0.52	<0.05	20	8	40	7	0.87	0.35	>0.05
	S. esocinus	19	4	21.05	9	2.25	0.47	<0.05	19	7	36.84	12	1.71	0.63	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	18	5	27.7	7	1.4	0.38	>0.05	22	9	40.9	14	1.55	0.63	>0.05
Winter	S. niger	19	2	10.5	11	5.5	0.57	<0.01	25	3	12	4	1.33	0.16	<0.01
	S. esocinus	22	2	9.09	3	1.5	0.13	<0.01	16	2	12.5	11	5.5	0.68	<0.01
	S. curvifrons	18	1	5.55	2	2	0.11	<0.01	15	3	20	11	3.6	0.73	<0.05
	Total	224	47	20.98	96	2.04	0.42	<0.01	220	75	34.09	125	1.66	0.56	<0.01