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1. Morphology and distribution of blood fluke eggs and associated pathology in the gills of cultured Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis

Author:
Sho Shirakashi; Yoshiki Kishimoto; Ryuhei Kinami; Hiromitsu Katano; Katsuya Ishimaru; Osamu Murata; Naoki Itoh; Kazuo Ogawa
Source:
Parasitology international 2012 v.61 no.2 pp. 242-249
ISSN:
1383-5769
Subject:
Cardicola; Opisthorchis; Thunnus orientalis; arteries; blood; blood flukes; correlation; eggs; encapsulation; fibroblasts; gills; histopathology; internal transcribed spacers; mortality; parasitology; risk; sodium hydroxide; tuna; Japan
Abstract:
... Infestations of blood flukes of the genus Cardicola have been observed in juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) cultured in Japan. Infected fish harbor large numbers of parasite eggs in their gills. Although the link between blood fluke infection and juvenile mortality is not clear, accumulation of parasite eggs appears to be pathogenic to the fish. We investigated the origins, general morphology/di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.parint.2011.10.002