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A parasite survey of farmed Southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau)

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posted on 2023-05-16, 16:12 authored by Deveney, M, Bayly, TJ, Johnston, CJ, Barbara NowakBarbara Nowak
Farmed Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) were examined for parasites. Samples of harvest fish, mortalities and some fish showing clinical signs of disease were investigated. Targeted screening was conducted for a scuticociliate, Uronema nigricans, the myxosporean Kudoa sp. and a sanguinicolid digenean, Cardicola forsteri. General parasitological investigation revealed a diverse parasite community of didymozoid digeneans, two species of copepods, a polyopisthocotylean monogenean and larval cestodes. Targeted screening for U. nigricans exposed a low prevalence, most probably due to a lack of sensitivity in the test method. Few of the parasites examined pose a risk to the health of farmed SBT. © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Publication title

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volume

28

Issue

5

Pagination

279-284

ISSN

0140-7775

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified

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