Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
- Background: Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa) causes widespread infections in farmed Atlantic salmon in northern Norway. Heavily infected salmon become runts, probably due to vision impairment or blindness. The salmon are likely infected by waterborne actinospores, released by an alternatin...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/293610 2023-05-15T14:30:11+02:00 Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Hansen, Haakon Poppe, Trygve T Markussen, Turhan Karlsbakk, Egil 2015-06-24T13:36:20Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/293610 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0828-z eng eng BioMed Central Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8(1) urn:issn:1756-3305 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/293610 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0828-z cristin:1250018 Navngivelse 3.0 Norge http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/ CC-BY 4 p. 8 Parasites & Vectors 1 VDP::Landbruks- og fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Fiskehelse : 923 VDP::Agriculture and fisheries science: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 Journal article Peer reviewed 2015 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0828-z 2021-09-23T20:15:58Z - Background: Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa) causes widespread infections in farmed Atlantic salmon in northern Norway. Heavily infected salmon become runts, probably due to vision impairment or blindness. The salmon are likely infected by waterborne actinospores, released by an alternating annelid host, but the life cycle of P. pseudobranchicola is unknown. Seatrout and Arctic charr have been considered possible hosts for the parasite, but firm evidence has been lacking. Findings: We show for the first time the presence of mature spores of P. pseudobranchicola in seatrout. The seatrout were infected with high intensities of P. pseudobranchicola in the pseudobranchs in early April. The presence of mature spores in early spring suggests that the fish had been infected late the previous year, a pattern of infection similar to that observed for farmed salmon stocked in autumn. Although heavily infected, the fish did not display any symptoms consistent with parvicapsulosis. The results suggest that the life cycle of P. pseudobranchicola is more adapted to seatrout, rather than to Atlantic salmon. Conclusions: The presence of mature spores of P. pseudobranchicola in seatrout confirms that seatrout is a natural host for this myxosporean and this is also the first record of these spores in the pseudobranch of a wild salmonid. Furthermore, wild trout from non-farming areas may become heavily infected with P. pseudobranchicola, developing pseudobranch pathology resembling that of farmed Atlantic salmon suffering from parvicapsulosis Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic charr Arctic Atlantic salmon Northern Norway Salmo salar Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Arctic Norway Parasites & Vectors 8 1 |
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VDP::Landbruks- og fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Fiskehelse : 923 VDP::Agriculture and fisheries science: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Fish health: 923 Hansen, Haakon Poppe, Trygve T Markussen, Turhan Karlsbakk, Egil Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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- Background: Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa) causes widespread infections in farmed Atlantic salmon in northern Norway. Heavily infected salmon become runts, probably due to vision impairment or blindness. The salmon are likely infected by waterborne actinospores, released by an alternating annelid host, but the life cycle of P. pseudobranchicola is unknown. Seatrout and Arctic charr have been considered possible hosts for the parasite, but firm evidence has been lacking. Findings: We show for the first time the presence of mature spores of P. pseudobranchicola in seatrout. The seatrout were infected with high intensities of P. pseudobranchicola in the pseudobranchs in early April. The presence of mature spores in early spring suggests that the fish had been infected late the previous year, a pattern of infection similar to that observed for farmed salmon stocked in autumn. Although heavily infected, the fish did not display any symptoms consistent with parvicapsulosis. The results suggest that the life cycle of P. pseudobranchicola is more adapted to seatrout, rather than to Atlantic salmon. Conclusions: The presence of mature spores of P. pseudobranchicola in seatrout confirms that seatrout is a natural host for this myxosporean and this is also the first record of these spores in the pseudobranch of a wild salmonid. Furthermore, wild trout from non-farming areas may become heavily infected with P. pseudobranchicola, developing pseudobranch pathology resembling that of farmed Atlantic salmon suffering from parvicapsulosis |
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Hansen, Haakon Poppe, Trygve T Markussen, Turhan Karlsbakk, Egil |
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Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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Seatrout (Salmo trutta) is a natural host for Parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) |
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seatrout (salmo trutta) is a natural host for parvicapsula pseudobranchicola (myxozoa, myxosporea), an important pathogen of farmed atlantic salmon (salmo salar) |
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Arctic Norway |
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Arctic Norway |
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Arctic charr Arctic Atlantic salmon Northern Norway Salmo salar |
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Arctic charr Arctic Atlantic salmon Northern Norway Salmo salar |
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