Molecular Characterization and Immunological Approaches Associated with Yellow Grub Trematode (Clinostomid) Infecting Nile Tilapia

Table 2

Prevalence of clinostomid metacercariae (CM) in naturally infected Nile tilapia.

	No. ex. fish	No. Inf. fish	% of infection	C. phalacrocoracis (CM)	C. complanatum (CM)	Mixed infection
May	60	35	58.33	65.7 (23/35)	28.57 (10/35)	5.7 (2/35)
Jun	62	47	75.80	65.9 (31/47)	25.5 (12/47)	8.51 (4/47)
July	63	49	77.7	75.5 (37/49)	10.2 (5/49)	14.3 (7/49)
August	65	44	67.7	81.8 (36/44)	11.36 (5/44)	6.8 (3/44)
Total	250	175	70.0	79	49	47

CM, clinostomid metacercariae; No. ex. fish, number of examined fishes; No. inf. fish, number of infected fishes; % of infection, percentage of infection.