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

Table 9

Infection dynamics of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi 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	9	64.28	80	8.8	5.71	>0.05	15	8	53.33	56	7	3.73	>0.05
	S. esocinus	19	7	36.84	56	8	2.94	>0.05	20	7	35	48	6.8	2.4	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	16	7	43.75	42	6	2.62	>0.05	19	5	26.31	35	7	1.84	>0.05
Summer	S. niger	18	6	33.33	38	6.3	2.11	>0.05	16	9	56.25	82	9.1	5.12	>0.05
	S. esocinus	17	7	41.17	9	1.2	0.52	>0.05	18	8	44.44	36	4.5	2	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	19	4	21.05	12	3	0.63	<0.05	15	6	40	28	4.6	1.86	>0.05
Autumn	S. niger	25	3	12	6	2	0.24	<0.01	20	5	25	55	11	2.75	<0.05
	S. esocinus	19	5	26.31	35	7	1.84	>0.05	19	7	36.84	48	6.8	2.52	>0.05
	S. curvifrons	18	4	22.22	17	4.2	0.94	<0.05	22	8	36.36	74	9.2	3.36	>0.05
Winter	S. niger	19	4	21.05	29	7.2	1.52	<0.05	25	4	16	9	2.2	0.36	<0.01
	S. esocinus	22	5	22.72	39	7.8	1.77	<0.05	16	3	18.75	12	4	0.75	<0.05
	S. curvifrons	18	2	11.11	9	4.5	0.5	<0.05	15	3	20	18	6	1.2	<0.05
	Total	224	63	28.12	372	5.9	1.66	<0.01	220	73	33.18	501	6.8	2.27	<0.01