Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Diplozoon kashmirensis; D. aegyptensis and D. guptai Collected from Fishes of Kashmir Valley- India

Fayaz Ahmad, Khalid M Fazili
2015 Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal  
Materials and Methods Parasite material Parasite specimens of Diplozoon spp. were collected from the Carassius carassius; Cyprinus carpio communis; C. c. specularis; Schizothorax niger; S. esocinus; S. curvifrons and S. plagiostomus of Kashmir and were used for DNA extraction. Samples were immediately fixed in 70% alcohol after collecting from the gills, gill cover, mouth cavity, eyes & fins of host fish. These samples were remained in alcohol until the present study. DNA isolation Parasite
more » ... imens of three Diplozoon species were collected from fish hosts of Carassius carassius; Cyprinus carpio communis;
doi:10.4172/2150-3508.1000147 fatcat:otxqp3csx5brrc2eshz6nfj2vu