title: Studies on ecophysiology of fish parasites: effect of trypanosome infection on the serum cholesterol levels of fishes.
abstract: Serum cholesterol levels of six species of fresh water fishes were lowered due to trypanosome infection. The percentage of infection in the different species of hosts ranged from 3.27% in Clarias batrachus to 16.66% in Wallago attu. Loss in serum cholesterol level was highest (42.39%) in the spiny eel Mastocembelus armotus and lowest in the carp Cirrhina mrigala (4.56%). Thus hypocholesterolemia was evidently caused in the fishes by trypanosomes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D004463:Ecology; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D005399:Fishes; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol