Occurence of Anguillicola crassus, ematoda: Dracunculoidea, in eels of lake Ohrid, Macedonia

The first record of the eel parasite Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara (Niimietltagaki, 1974) from Lake Ohrid and the Republic of Macedonia is reported here. Parasitological examinations comprised 68 specimens of the eel Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus, 1758 of which 39.71% were infected with Anguillicola cr...

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Published in:Acta veterinaria
Main Authors: Cakić, Predrag, Stojanovski, S., Kulišić, Zoran, Hristovski, N., Lenhardt, Mirjana B.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Univerzitet u Beogradu - Fakultet veterinarske medicine, Beograd 2002
Subjects:
Anguilla anguilla
Anguillicola crassus
Lake Ohrid
Macedonia
prevalence
intensity of infection
Online Access:https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/206
https://doi.org/10.2298/AVB0203163C
https://vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs/bitstream/id/808/205.pdf
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Summary:The first record of the eel parasite Anguillicola crassus Kuwahara (Niimietltagaki, 1974) from Lake Ohrid and the Republic of Macedonia is reported here. Parasitological examinations comprised 68 specimens of the eel Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus, 1758 of which 39.71% were infected with Anguillicola crassus. The prevalence varied depending on the season, with the highest value occuring during the autumn (47.06%). Average intensity of infection was 10.33. Anguillicola crassus was probably introduced into the lake by the artificial stocking with eel young, imported from abroad. It has found convenient conditions for development and multiplication in the lake due to the presence of transitional and paratenic hosts. U periodu od aprila 1995. do marta 1996. godine, na makedonskom delu Ohridskog jezera, parazitološkompretragomobuhvaćenoje68primerakajegulja (Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus, 1758), od kojih je 27 bilo inficirano nematodom Anguillicola crassus (ekstenzitet infekcije je iznosio 39,71%). Ekstenzitet infekcije je varirap u zavisnosti od sezone. Najveći je bio u toku jeseni. Intenzitet infekcije je iznosio između 1-90, a prosecan intenzitet infekcije je iznosio 10,33. Anguillicola crassus je najverovatnije uneta u jezero veštačkim poribljavanjem podmlatkom jegulja, uvezenim iz inostranstva. U jezeru je ovaj parazit našao povoljne uslove za razvoj i razmnožavanje prisustvo prelaznih i parateničnih domaćina. Anguillicola crassus je po prvi put spomenuta u ihtioparazitofauni Ohridskog jezera i Makedonije.

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