| An improved method for artificial infection of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, with Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda, Dracunculoidea) |  |
| De Charleroy, D.; Cannaerts, V.; Augustijn, H.; Grisez, L.; Boon, J.; Ollevier, F.P. (1990). An improved method for artificial infection of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, with Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda, Dracunculoidea) J. Appl. Ichthyol. 6: 182-188 |
| In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology = Zeitschrift für angewandte Ichthyologie. Blackwell: Berlin. ISSN 0175-8659, meer |
| Ook gepubliceerd als |
- De Charleroy, D.; Cannaerts, V.; Augustijn, H.; Grisez, L.; Boon, J.; Ollevier, F.P. (1990). An improved method for artificial infection of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, with Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda, Dracunculoidea), in: (1990). IZWO Coll. Rep. 20(1990). IZWO Collected Reprints, 20: pp. chapter 20 [Subsequent publication], meer
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| Trefwoorden |
Hosts; Infestation; Invertebrate larvae; methodologie; Sterfte; Swim bladder; Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) [Paling] [WoRMS]; Anguillicola crassus [zwemblaasworm] [WoRMS]; Copepoda [Roeipootkreeftjes] [WoRMS]; Cyprinus carpio [Karper] [WoRMS]; Nematoda [Nematoden] [WoRMS]; Paracyclops fimbriatus (Fischer, 1853) [WoRMS]; Zoet water |
| Abstract |
A standardized method was developed for artificially infecting the European eel with Anguillicola crassus, a parasitical swim bladder nematode. For this purpose, an intermediate host, Paracyclops fimbriatus, and a paratenic host, Cyprinus carpio, were used. Parasite prevalence in the artificially infected eels was very high, although there was a large variation in the number of worms per eel. Compared to other methods of artificial infection described in the literature, this method appears to be more efficient ad reliable; there were also more infectious larvae that were recovered and the mortality rate of eels under treatment was lower. |
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