title: Incidence of ascaridoid larvae in Kuwaiti food fishes.
abstract: Three hundred and six fish of 83 species were carefully examined in Kuwait during the period from October 1992 to September 1995 for ascaridoid larvae. Thirty-nine fishes (12.7%) belonging to 23 species were infected with 9 types of ascaridoid third-stage larvae: Anisakis simplex, Terranva spp, Contracaecum spp and 6 different types of Hysterothylacium spp (KA-KF). Hysterothylacium larvae (including all types) were found in all the infected fish except one (94.6%); Terranova larvae were found in 12 fishes (10 species, 56.1%); Anisakis simplex larvae occurred in 2 fishes (2 species, 8.6%) and Contracaecum spp larvae in one fish only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Kuwait, Kuwait.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sey
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Petter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001199:Ascaridoidea; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D016266:Food Parasitology; D007730:Kuwait; D007814:Larva