In the context of fish parasites, helminths and protozoans are the main fish parasites present in all types of inland waters. However, among the helminthes, monogeneans have greater deleterious impact on the freshwater aquaculture systems. Monogeneans are flatworms (Platyhelminthes), ectoparasitic, hermaphrodite and attached by special posteriorly positioned attachment organs to their hosts skin or gills. The present study explains the occurrence, distribution and pathology of monogenetic gill parasites in rohu from the three ponds of Tripura, India. Host-pathogen-environment interaction in...

Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) is one of the most destructive diseases amongst fresh and brackish water fish species in the Asia-Pacific region. Almost all species of freshwater and brackish water fishes can be infected but certain important food species such as Mugil cephalus, snakehead and Indian major carps, are particularly more susceptible to EUS. Labeo bata (Bata), a minor carp which has not been previously reported among the species affected by EUS, however recent disease surveillance has shown EUS infections in them. In the present study the infectivity and role of Aphanomyces...

Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge of the indigenous people inhabiting different geographical regions of the world with their own language, culture, tradition, belief, folklore, rites and rituals. Indigenous knowledge so developed is based on necessities, instinct, curiosity and observations of ethnic groups to mitigate the immediate situations. Eventually, this local knowledge in course of time gets socially accepted and validated which finally inters into the social life and subsequently become the Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) of the society as a whole. As such, scientist in...