2017
Occurrence and effect of trematode metacercariae in two endangered killifishes from Greece
KALOGIANNI, Eleni, Nikol KMENTOVÁ, Eileen HARRIS, Brian ZIMMERMAN, Sofia GIAKOUMI et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Occurrence and effect of trematode metacercariae in two endangered killifishes from Greece
Autoři
KALOGIANNI, Eleni (300 Řecko), Nikol KMENTOVÁ (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Eileen HARRIS (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Brian ZIMMERMAN (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Sofia GIAKOUMI (300 Řecko), Yorgos CHATZINIKOLAOU (300 Řecko) a Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE (56 Belgie, domácí)
Vydání
Parasitology Research, NEW YORK, Springer, 2017, 0932-0113
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Stát vydavatele
Spojené státy
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 2.558
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/17:00095404
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
000413979600015
Klíčová slova anglicky
Digenea; Parasite prevalence; Host body condition; Planorbidae; Platyhelminthes; Valenciidae
Změněno: 9. 4. 2018 22:31, Ing. Nicole Zrilić
Anotace
V originále
We report digeneans (Diplostomidae, Crassiphialinae) in the endangered freshwater fishes Valencia letourneuxi and Valencia robertae, endemics of Western Greece. Digenean metacercariae occurred in two forms in the abdominal cavity, excysted and encysted, the latter attached to the gonads, liver and alimentary tract. Parasites were, using morphological and molecular techniques, identified as two representatives of Crassiphialinae, specifically part of the Posthodiplostomum-Ornithodiplostomum clade. The spatial, seasonal, and age class variation in parasite prevalence was examined. Autumn parasite prevalence varied between the six populations sampled (18.2 to 100%). Seasonal prevalence at the two sites sampled quadannually peaked in autumn and reached its lowest value in spring; prevalence increased with size to 100% in young adult fish. We did not find a correlation between prevalence and host sex. Overall parasites' weight averaged 0.64% of the host's, while parasite weight increased with host weight. A comparison of relative condition and hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices of infected and metacercariae-free specimens showed that infection did not have a significant effect on host body condition and reproduction. Regarding the parasite's life cycle, planorbid gastropods are proposed as potential first intermediate hosts in view of the host's diet and occurrence data of molluscs in the ecosystem. This is the first record of a diplostomid digenean in valenciid fishes and of representatives of the Posthodiplostomum-Ornithodiplostomum clade in a native Greek freshwater fish. Our findings are discussed in conjunction to fish conservation interventions, since parasites may contribute to the decline of endangered species.
Návaznosti
GBP505/12/G112, projekt VaV |
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