Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology

First finding of endemic leech cystobranchus pawlowskii (sket, 1968), parasitizing oncorhynchus mykiss (walbaum, 1792) from fish farm in republic of albania

4^th International Conference on Parasitology

September 01-02, 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic

Stoe Smiljkov; Stojmir Stojanovski; Radmila Ilieska; Filip Gjorgjioski; Dimitar Gusheski; Dijana Blazekovic-Dimovska and Biljana Strojmanovska

Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathemathics, 1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia
Hydrobiological Institute, Naum Ohridski Str.50, 6000, Ohrid, R. Macedonia
Ministry of Interior, Dimce Mircev no.9, 1000 Skopje �?? R. Macedonia
Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences, Partizanska bb, 7000 Bitola, R. Macedonia
Food and Veterinary Agency, 1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Bacteriol Parasitol

Abstract:

The endemic leech was found for the first time in 1936, and was named Cystobranchus fasciatus by the scientist Pawlowski. Slovenian biologist B. Sket (1968) fully systematically described and renamed this leech later as Cystobranchus pawlowskii, and placed in endemic leeches belonging to the family Piscicolidae. This endemic leech has been found only in Lake Ohrid so far. It lives on different fish groups from Lake Ohrid (carp, trout, etc.) as parasitic form. In our research study we found in trout fish farm in Tushemisht, R. Albania. It is a first finding of Cystobranchus pawlowskii parasitizing Oncorhynchus mykiss, and causing a massive mortality in fish farm.