Antiparasitic potential of a medicinal plant flower against marine parasitic Leech in aquaculture

• Main Authors: Muhammad Dawood Shah, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran, Ching Fui Fui @ Faihana Ching Abdullah, Mohammad Tamrin Mohamad Lal, Sitti Raehanah Muhamad Shaleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: UniSE Press 2021
• Subjects: SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants; SH171-179 Diseases and adverse factors
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31978/2/Antiparasitic%20potential%20of%20a%20medicinal%20plant%20flower%20against%20marine%20parasitic%20Leech%20in%20aquaculture_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31978/1/Antiparasitic%20potential%20of%20a%20medicinal%20plant%20flower%20against%20marine%20parasitic%20Leech%20in%20aquaculture.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31978/; http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol8/no3-2/ToST-CoFA2020-394-399-OA.pdf

The aquaculture industry is essential for food production and economic development in Malaysia and other parts of the world. The development is affected by the parasitic infestation on different cultured fish species. The most common marine parasitic leech Zeylanicobdella arugamensis (Hirudinea), wh...