The original description of Myxobolus longisporus Nie et Li, 1992, the species infecting gills of Cyprinus carpio haematopterus L., is supplemented with new data on the spore morphology and pathogenicity. Spores are elongate pyriform with pointed anterior end, 15.7 (15.5-16.5) microm long, 6.7 (6-8) microm wide and 5.5 microm thick. Sutural ridge is straight and narrow. Mucus envelope is lackin...

Calpastatin, an important protein used to regulate meat quality traits in animals, is encoded by the CAST gene. The aim of the present study was to clone the cDNA sequence of the CAST gene and detect the expression of CAST in the tissues of Cyprinus carpio. The cDNA of the C. carpio CAST gene, amplified using rapid amplification of cDNA ends PCR, is 2834 bp in length (accession No. JX275386), c...

This work aimed to study the effect of new neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on the histological structure of common carp (Cyprinus carpio, L.) gills. Three experimental groups of fish were treated with 6.6, 10 and 20 mg/l thiamethoxam in laboratory conditions. Results showed different histological changes in the gill epithelium, which included lamellar lifting, edema, proliferation of the glandular c...

The present study attempts to identify some of the differences between skull bones two species Cyprinus carpio and Carassius carassius, which belong Cyprinidae family. is a taxonomic diagnostic are considered local fish abundant in Iraqi aquatic environment

Microbial quality of Labeo rohita, Cyprinus carpio and Clarias batrachus collected from the markets Kathmandu valley was evaluated. 9 freshwater fish (skin, gills, intestine) were sampled analyzed for Total Plate Count (TPC), Coliform (TCC) Fecal (TFCC). The average TPC ranged 4.1 x 107 to 1.02 108 cfu/gm, with highest count in C. lowest carpio, whereas organ wise load intestine 1.3 cfu/gm skin...