First record of ostracods as natural intermediate hosts of Anguillicola crassus, a pathogenic swimbladder parasite of eels Anguilla spp - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2005 Sep 5;66(2):171-3.

doi: 10.3354/dao066171.

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First record of ostracods as natural intermediate hosts of Anguillicola crassus, a pathogenic swimbladder parasite of eels Anguilla spp

Frantisek Moravec et al. Dis Aquat Organ. 2005.

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Abstract

The ostracod Physocypria nipponica (Ostracoda: Candonidae) was found (prevalence 14.2%) to be the only intermediate host of the nematode Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Anguillicolidae), a pathogenic swimbladder parasite of eels, in a greenhouse-heated culture pond at Isshiki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Japanese eels Anguilla japonica from the same pond were found to be infected by adult A. crassus (prevalence 71.8%, intensity 1 to 6). This indicates that A. crassus could complete its life cycle under conditions of modern eel-culture technology where copepods were absent due to the unfavorable water quality for them, by utilizing ostracods as the intermediate host.

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