Department of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Anjora, Durg-491 001, India
Full grown plates of the Chhattisgarh isolates of egg parasitic fungi baited with viable eggs of Fasciola gigantica and Gigantocotyle explanatum revealed that Verticillium chlamydosporium was more vigorous in its egg parasitic ability compared to Paecilomyces lilacinus. Distortion of the eggs started on day 2–3 of egg baiting in culture plates of V. chlamydosporium with complete distortion by day 7. On the contrary, P. lilacinus exhibited very limited egg parasitic ability and even some of the baited eggs showed development of miracidia inside.
Chhattisgarh, Egg parasitic fungi, Paecilomyces lilacinus, Predatory activity, Verticillium chlamydosporium
