A study on the gastro-intestinal helminth parasites of wild C. gariepinus
was carried out in Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT, Abuja, Nigeria. A
total of 110 samples were examined which includes 42 males and 68 females.
Forty-eight (43,64%) fishes were infected with various species of
helminth, which includes Wenyonia spp. (28,18%), Procamallanus laevionchus
(11,82%) and Euclinostomum heterostomum (3,64%). The female
fish had the highest percentage prevalence (28,18%) while the males
had 15,46% prevalence. Most of the parasites were recovered from the
intestinal lumen. There was some degree of specificity in their distribution
within the host but there was no significant difference (P>0,05) between
the standard length, body weight, number of fish infected, prevalence
and the intensity of infection