Prevalence of the haemoflagellate Trypanosoma sp. in some common Norwegian marine fish species
Mork, J. (1988). Prevalence of the haemoflagellate Trypanosoma sp. in some common Norwegian marine fish species. Sarsia 73(4): 263-266
In: Sarsia. University of Bergen. Universitetsforlaget: Bergen. ISSN 0036-4827; e-ISSN 1503-1128, more
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| Keywords |
Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Fish > Marine fish
Diseases > Infectious diseases > Protozoan diseases
Parasites
Trypanosomatidae Doflein, 1911 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
Protist parasites of the genus Trypanosoma were found in the blood of cod, Gadus morhua L., haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (L.), poor cod, Trisopterus minutus (L.) and dab, Limanda limanda (L.) from coastal and fjord waters in mid-Norway during 1985-1987. Prevalence in cod was highest in the warmer part of the year. The species identity of the observed trypanosome is uncertain and the vector unknown. Characteristics of the present parasitism resemble those described for Trypanosoma murmanensis (Nikitin) of Atlantic cod in Newfoundland and Murman waters, and for which the marine leech Johanssonia arctica (Selensky) is vector. (DBO) |
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