The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea)
SUMMARY Gyrodactylus salaris has recently become a major pathogen of Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) in Norway. The survivorship, population age structure and pattern of insemination of G. salaris were studied to determine the extent to which this species reproduces sexually. The age-specific mortal...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0031182000068268 2024-03-03T08:42:51+00:00 The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea) Harris, P. D. Jansen, P. A. Bakke, T. A. 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000068268 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182000068268 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Parasitology volume 108, issue 2, page 167-173 ISSN 0031-1820 1469-8161 Infectious Diseases Animal Science and Zoology Parasitology journal-article 1994 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000068268 2024-02-08T08:31:27Z SUMMARY Gyrodactylus salaris has recently become a major pathogen of Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) in Norway. The survivorship, population age structure and pattern of insemination of G. salaris were studied to determine the extent to which this species reproduces sexually. The age-specific mortality schedule of G. salaris could be described by an exponential model but day to day variations were large, with an increase in mortality after each birth. Modelling population growth using the best fit mortality schedule indicated that, at stable age structure, 35% of the population would consist of newborn and pre-1st birth flukes. Using testis, penis and embryo development, pre-1st birth and immediately post-1st birth flukes could be unambiguously identified, and established infections were found to contain 35% pre-1st birth flukes, as predicted. The proportion of pre-1st birth flukes in newly established infections was significantly smaller, probably because of differences in the rate of transmission between newborn and older flukes. Gyrodactylus salaris is relatively long-lived, and more than 40% of the population may survive to give birth for the third time. As gyrodactylids are protogynous, and the first daughter is probably produced asexually, this long-lived strategy ensures that a large part of the G. salaris population possesses a functional male system, and that the asexually derived flukes are a smaller component of the total population in this species. Flukes with whorls of inseminated spermatozoa within the seminal receptacle were found in all age groups possessing a functional male system, and were interpreted as having been cross-inseminated. G. salaris on susceptible Norwegian salmon appears to regularly reproduce sexually, possibly accounting for its morphological variability and wide range of potential salmonid hosts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Cambridge University Press Norway Parasitology 108 2 167 173 |
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SUMMARY Gyrodactylus salaris has recently become a major pathogen of Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) in Norway. The survivorship, population age structure and pattern of insemination of G. salaris were studied to determine the extent to which this species reproduces sexually. The age-specific mortality schedule of G. salaris could be described by an exponential model but day to day variations were large, with an increase in mortality after each birth. Modelling population growth using the best fit mortality schedule indicated that, at stable age structure, 35% of the population would consist of newborn and pre-1st birth flukes. Using testis, penis and embryo development, pre-1st birth and immediately post-1st birth flukes could be unambiguously identified, and established infections were found to contain 35% pre-1st birth flukes, as predicted. The proportion of pre-1st birth flukes in newly established infections was significantly smaller, probably because of differences in the rate of transmission between newborn and older flukes. Gyrodactylus salaris is relatively long-lived, and more than 40% of the population may survive to give birth for the third time. As gyrodactylids are protogynous, and the first daughter is probably produced asexually, this long-lived strategy ensures that a large part of the G. salaris population possesses a functional male system, and that the asexually derived flukes are a smaller component of the total population in this species. Flukes with whorls of inseminated spermatozoa within the seminal receptacle were found in all age groups possessing a functional male system, and were interpreted as having been cross-inseminated. G. salaris on susceptible Norwegian salmon appears to regularly reproduce sexually, possibly accounting for its morphological variability and wide range of potential salmonid hosts. |
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The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea) |
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The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea) |
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The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea) |
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The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea) |
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The population age structure and reproductive biology of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg (Monogenea) |
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population age structure and reproductive biology of gyrodactylus salaris malmberg (monogenea) |
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