STUDIES OF CYCLOPIDAE THAT ARE INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF FISH IN RESERVOIRS OF THE SOUTHERN ARAL SEA

08.05.2023 International Scientific Journal "Science and Innovation". Series D. Volume 2 Issue 5

Turemuratova Gulistan Ismailovna, Nagmetov Hamid Salavat uly

Abstract. The article presents the results of hydrobiological studies of Cyclopidae crustaceans that are intermediate hosts of parasitic helminths - cestodes and nematodes of fish, waterfowl and mammals, including such a common human and animal pathogen in the recent past in Central Asia as guinea worm -Dranunculus medinensis. There is extensive information, larvae of 6 species of cestodes were found in cyclops and infection with larvae of the fish parasite Botriocephalus acheilognathi was noted.

Keywords: cyclops, parasite, helminth, cestode, nematode, fish pathogen, larva