Incidence of infection of trematode genus Azygia looss, 1899 parasitic in freshwater fish Channa punctatus

<strong>ABSTRACT</strong> The present investigation deals with the incidence of infection of Trematode <em>A. angusticauda</em> by Stafford, 1904 parasitizing of <em>Channa punctatus </em>from different localities of Nanded District (M.S.) India during February, 2014 to January, 2015. The high prevalence of trematode parasites were occurred in Summer (79.16 %) followed by Winter (62.50 %) whereas infection was low in monsoon (39.58%). <strong>Keywords: </strong><em>A. angusticauda </em>Stafford,<em> 1904, Channa punctatus, </em>Incidence of infection, Nanded <strong>REFERENCES</strong> Anderson, R.M., 1976. Seasonal variation in the population dynamics of <em>Caryophyllacus lacticeps</em>. <em>Parasitology </em>72: 281-395<em>.</em> Anderson, R.M. And May, R.M., 1978.Regulation and stability of the host parasite population interaction. I- Regulation process. <em>Jr. Animal. Ecol. </em>47(1): 219-247<em>.</em> Anderson, R.M. And May, R.M., 1978. The regulation of the host population…