Table 4.
Percentage parasite load on/in the body parts of live male and female C. gariepinus from the pond.
| Weight of Fish | percentage (%) parasite load | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill | Skin | Fin | Stomach | Intestine | ||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| <150 g | 20 | 39 | 53 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 150–250 g | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 250–350 g | 0 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 350–450 g | 0 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 450–550 g | 0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 13 |
| 550–650 g | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 650–750 g | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |