Host specificity and preference assessment for Mizelleus indicus (Jain, 1957), Pandey et al. 2003 on experimental hosts

Priya Vrat Arya; Hirdaya Shanker Singh

Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Host specificity and preference assessment for Mizelleus indicus (Jain, 1957), Pandey et al. 2003 on experimental hosts

Priya Vrat Arya, Hirdaya Shanker Singh

Abstract :

 Host specificity is an enduring establishment and reproduction of monogeneans on the fish host. They are remarkably host specific, being strictest in the parasitic platyhelminths. Host specificity among monogeneans is governed by a number of dynamic interactions, involving host recognition, attachment, successful propagation of parasite depends on appropriate host stimuli perceived by the parasite. Present study was initiated to investigate the extent of host specificity in M. indicus (Jain, 1957) Pandey et al., 2003, in different hosts.