Mode of attachment and Pathogenicity of Lytocestus indicus in fresh water Murrels

Many scientists have worked out on the host-parasite relatiosship. The cestode parasites were attached mostly in the stomach and duodenal mucosa. Heavy infection with this cestode parasites caused inflammation, congestion(Khadap,2009). Lytocestus indicus is a caryophyllaeid cestode of fresh water fishes. During the present study on the helminth parasites of the fresh water fishes of Warangal, C.punctatus and C.striatus both are found to be frequently and mainly parasitized by the caryophyllaeids, Lytocestus indicus in the stomach. However,in earlier reports this parasite was found to be infected in the intestine (Chakravarthy &Tandon.1989). The occurrence of cestodes, caryophyllaeid in particular was reported in the piscine hosts by Amlacher (1961), Musselius and Strelkov(1963). Akhmetova (1966).Mackiewicz et al(1972), Bauer et.al(1973).Hayunga (1979), Kadav and Agarwal (1982,1983).An attempt has been made on the mode of attachment and also assess the pathogenecity of parasite, Lytocestus indicus in fresh water fishes C.punctatus. and C.striatus.