Protozoans and metazoan parasite of the eel Anguilla anguilla : Interdependence of parasitic populations and coexistence of potential pathogens

• Main Authors: Benajiba, Mohamed Hassan, Silan, Patrick, Marquès,, Adam, Bouix, Georges
• Other Authors: Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi (UAE), Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 1995
• Subjects: Myxidium giardi; Anguillicola crassus; Anguilla anguilla; Mediterranean sea; Fish; Endoparasite; Eimeria anguillae; Host-Parasite interactions; Parasitic pathology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology; environment/Symbiosis; [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology; [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01077103; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01077103/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01077103/file/Benajiba_et_al_1995.pdf

International audience A monthly sampling of eels in the mixohalin lagoon of Mauguio (Languedoc, France) allowed the analysis of Anguillicola crassus (Nemathelmintha), Myxidium giardi (Myxozoa) and Eimeria anguillae (Sporozoa) population structures. This study showed that the high intensities of A. crassus, a parasite recently introduced in this area, seem to induce the development of both protists. However, any negative effect of these parasites of Anguilla anguilla can be detected by the study of the host size/weight relation.