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Open AccessNanopore sequencing for rapid diagnostics of salmonid RNA viruses
Analysis of pathogen genome variation is essential for informing disease management and control measures in farmed animals. For farmed fish, the standard approach is to use PCR and Sanger sequencing to study p...
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Open AccessInfectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) mucosal infection in Atlantic salmon
All viruses infecting fish must cross the surface mucosal barrier to successfully enter a host. Infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV), the causative agent of the economically important infectious salmon anaem...
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Open AccessLow virulent infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) replicates and initiates the immune response earlier than a highly virulent virus in Atlantic salmon gills
Observations from the field and experimental evidence suggest that different strains of infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) can induce disease of varying severity in Atlantic salmon. Variation in host morta...
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Open AccessMultilocus variable-number tandem-repeat genoty** of Renibacterium salmoninarum, a bacterium causing bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fish
Bacterial kidney disease (BKD), caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum, is a bacterial disease of fish, which is both geographically widespread and difficult to control. Previously, application of various molecular...
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Comparison of complete polyprotein sequences of two isolates of salmon alphavirus (SAV) type I and their behaviour in a salmonid cell line
Salmon pancreas disease virus is an alphavirus (family Togaviridae) affecting mainly Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Both polyprotein sequences of the Scottish isolate (SAV4640) were determined and compared wit...
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The surface topography of Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea) developmental stages parasitizing carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)
Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the external morphology of all developmental stages (egg, oncomiracidium, diporpa, just fused juvenile and adult) of the parasite, Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea, Dipl...
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Ethanol-fixed material used for both classical and molecular identification purposes: Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Monogenea: Diplozoidae) as a case parasite species
This study is focused on the feasibility of two treatments of alcohol-fixed monogenean parasites which are intended to be use for the combined morphological and molecular characterizations. The monogenean para...
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Gyrodactylus species (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on the cichlid fishes of Senegal, with the description of Gyrodactylus ergensi n. sp. from Mango tilapia, Sarotherodon galilaeus L. (Teleostei: Cichilidae)
The first record of Gyrodactylus species Nordmann, 1832 on the cichlid fish from Senegal is reported. Gyrodactylus parasites were found on four host species studied, Hemichromis fasciatus, Hemichromis letournaeux...
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Morphometric and molecular characterization of Parapharyngodon echinatus (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) from the Senegal gecko (Tarentola parvicarinata)
A West African species of gecko, Tarentola parvicarinata Joger (Gekkonidae), collected in the Niokolo Koba National Park in East Senegal is a new host species for the nematode Parapharyngodon echinatus (Rudolphi,...
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Morphometric comparison of three members of the Gyrodactylus nemachili-like species group (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on Barbatula barbatula L. in the Czech Republic, with a reinstatement of G. papernai Ergens & Bychowsky, 1967
The Gyrodactylus nemachili-like species complex, parasitising stone loach Barbatula barbatula L. in the Czech Republic, was investigated based on the detailed morphometric analysis of its haptoral hard parts. The...
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Microhabitat distribution of Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae and Pseudodactylogyrus bini among and within gill arches of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)
The outlying mean index (OMI) method was used to test for seasonal microhabitat partitioning in Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae and Pseudodactylogyrus bini communities parasitising European eel (Anguilla anguilla L...
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Phylogenetic relationships of the Dactylogyridae Bychowsky, 1933 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridea): the need for the systematic revision of the Ancyrocephalinae Bychowsky, 1937
Phylogenetic analyses based on partial 18S rDNA sequences of polyonchoinean monogeneans were conducted in order to investigate the relationships between selected families and subfamilies of the Dactylogyrinea,...
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Octomacrum europaeum (Monogenea: Octomacridae) in Europe: historical and recent perspectives
Several specimens of Octomacrum europaeum (Octomacridae: Monogenea) were found on the gills of Alburnoides bipunctatus in the Czech Republic. The morphometry of the specimens measured in the present study was in...
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Local and regional influences on patterns of parasite species richness of central European fishes
Local, regional and global influences on the patterns of parasite species richness of 39 freshwater fish species from Central Europe were investigated. Host local abundance and host occurrence were considered ...
