Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages
Benthic stages of cultured fishes' ectoparasites are a major contributor to persistent reinfections in aquaculture. These stages are resistant to chemical therapies and are costly to manage in terms of time and labour. Cleaner shrimp, unlike cleaner fishes, prey on benthic stages, suggesting th...
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ftunivqespace:oai:espace.library.uq.edu.au:UQ:14dcbc5 2023-05-15T18:09:54+02:00 Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages Vaughan, David B. Grutter, Alexandra S. Hutson, Kate S. 2018-01-01 https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:14dcbc5/UQ14dcbc5_OA.pdf https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:14dcbc5 eng eng Inter-Research doi:10.3354/aei00280 issn:1869-215X issn:1869-7534 orcid:0000-0003-1688-2821 Not set Salmon Salmo-Salar Wrasse Labrus-Bergylta Amebic Gill Disease Sea Lice Biological-Control Aquaculture Industry Paramoeba-Perurans Farmed Salmon Capsalidae Monogenea 1104 Aquatic Science 2308 Management Monitoring Policy and Law 2312 Water Science and Technology Journal Article 2018 ftunivqespace https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00280 2020-12-22T13:56:16Z Benthic stages of cultured fishes' ectoparasites are a major contributor to persistent reinfections in aquaculture. These stages are resistant to chemical therapies and are costly to manage in terms of time and labour. Cleaner shrimp, unlike cleaner fishes, prey on benthic stages, suggesting they have the potential to reduce parasite reinfection pressure without having to be in direct contact with the client fish. Cleaner shrimp have never been used as biocontrols in commercial aquaculture, but offer an advantage over cleaner fishes in that they are not susceptible to the ectoparasites of their clients. We present the first investigation of a cultured cleaner shrimp, Lysmata vittata, as a biocontrol agent against the eggs of the economically important cosmo politan ectoparasite Neobenedenia girellae infecting cultured juvenile grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, under simulated recirculating aquaculture conditions. L. vittata removed the eggs of N. girellae entangled on the mesh of the culture cages and significantly reduced N. girellae recruitment to fish by similar to 87%. Our results demonstrate the value of cleaner shrimp in addressing ectoparasite problems and highlight the importance of investigating novel biocontrol strategies in aquaculture. Article in Journal/Newspaper Salmo salar The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace Aquaculture Environment Interactions 10 429 436 |
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Salmon Salmo-Salar Wrasse Labrus-Bergylta Amebic Gill Disease Sea Lice Biological-Control Aquaculture Industry Paramoeba-Perurans Farmed Salmon Capsalidae Monogenea 1104 Aquatic Science 2308 Management Monitoring Policy and Law 2312 Water Science and Technology |
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Salmon Salmo-Salar Wrasse Labrus-Bergylta Amebic Gill Disease Sea Lice Biological-Control Aquaculture Industry Paramoeba-Perurans Farmed Salmon Capsalidae Monogenea 1104 Aquatic Science 2308 Management Monitoring Policy and Law 2312 Water Science and Technology Vaughan, David B. Grutter, Alexandra S. Hutson, Kate S. Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages |
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Salmon Salmo-Salar Wrasse Labrus-Bergylta Amebic Gill Disease Sea Lice Biological-Control Aquaculture Industry Paramoeba-Perurans Farmed Salmon Capsalidae Monogenea 1104 Aquatic Science 2308 Management Monitoring Policy and Law 2312 Water Science and Technology |
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Benthic stages of cultured fishes' ectoparasites are a major contributor to persistent reinfections in aquaculture. These stages are resistant to chemical therapies and are costly to manage in terms of time and labour. Cleaner shrimp, unlike cleaner fishes, prey on benthic stages, suggesting they have the potential to reduce parasite reinfection pressure without having to be in direct contact with the client fish. Cleaner shrimp have never been used as biocontrols in commercial aquaculture, but offer an advantage over cleaner fishes in that they are not susceptible to the ectoparasites of their clients. We present the first investigation of a cultured cleaner shrimp, Lysmata vittata, as a biocontrol agent against the eggs of the economically important cosmo politan ectoparasite Neobenedenia girellae infecting cultured juvenile grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, under simulated recirculating aquaculture conditions. L. vittata removed the eggs of N. girellae entangled on the mesh of the culture cages and significantly reduced N. girellae recruitment to fish by similar to 87%. Our results demonstrate the value of cleaner shrimp in addressing ectoparasite problems and highlight the importance of investigating novel biocontrol strategies in aquaculture. |
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Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages |
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Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages |
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Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages |
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Cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages |
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cleaner shrimp remove parasite eggs on fish cages |
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