Concurrent epizootic hyperinfections of sea lice (predominantly Caligus chiastos) and blood flukes (Cardicola forsteri) in ranched Southern Bluefin tuna

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Hayward, Craig J ^a,b   Ellis, David ^c   Foote, Danielle ^c   Wilkinson, Ryan J ^b   Crosbie, Phillip B B ^b   Bott, Nathan J ^a   Nowak, Barbara F ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood flukes; Epizootic; Sea lice; Southern bluefin tuna; Thunnus maccoyii

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; LYSOZYME;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CALIGUS AMBLYGENITALIS; CALIGUS CHIASTOS; CARDICOLA FORSTERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; EYE INJURY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROSS EYE PATHOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RATE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOUSE; LYSOZYME BLOOD LEVEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PREVALENCE; SEA LOUSE INFESTATION; SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA; STRESS; THUNNUS MACCOYII; TREMATODE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TUNA;

CALIGUS; CARDICOLA FORSTERI; PHTHIRAPTERA; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 77956267359     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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