• Pujawati Sanjaykumar Manoorkar
• Dr. Sanjay Shamrao Nanware
• Nandita Ashok More

Helminth infections affected the amount of glycogen in the intestine, muscles and liver of different fish species. Metabolic alterations in hosts can result from interactions with helminths. By triggering their internal defense system and mending tissue damage, the host uses their reserves to maintain important bodily functions while also providing the parasites with the energy they need to grow. Our objectives were to assess the glycogen levels in the host tissue that had been infected with the helminth parasite in an experimental setting. Following an experimental trematode infection, it was shown that the muscles of immature cyprinid fish had more glycogen. The same held true for those who had trematode infections naturally. These alterations could be attributed to fish swimming less frequently because of muscle damage brought on by parasites. After 30 days of trematode maintenance, the fish's spontaneous motor activity significantly decreased, which may be a contributing factor to the buildup of glycogen in the infected fishes' muscles. When the fish were infected with the cestodes, glycogen levels decreased concurrently. The intestine of an infected fish has less glycogen, which indicates that the intestine isn't functioning properly. As a result, the activity of the primary digesting enzymes (proteinases and glycosidases) in the gut is reduced. As a result, trematode and cestode infections have varied effects on the amount of glycogen in fish tissues and may lead to various symptoms.

Keywords: Glycogen Contents Infected Fishes, Mastacembelus armatus

"Appraisal of changes in the Glycogen Contents of Helminth Infected Fishes and Its Host Tissue of Mastacembelus armatus ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.g365-g372, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406644.pdf

"Appraisal of changes in the Glycogen Contents of Helminth Infected Fishes and Its Host Tissue of Mastacembelus armatus ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppg365-g372, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406644.pdf