An infection of Gyrodactylus anguillae Ergens, 1960 (Monogenea) associated with the mortality of glass eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) on the north-western Mediterranean Sea board of Spain

• Published in: Veterinary Parasitology
• Main Authors: Grano-Maldonado, Mayra, Gisbert, Enric, Hirt-Chabbert, Jorge, Paladini, Giuseppe, Roque, Ana, Bron, James, Shinn, Andrew
• Other Authors: University of Stirling, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA), Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Institute of Aquaculture, orcid:0000-0003-4944-0499, orcid:0000-0003-3544-0519, orcid:0000-0002-5434-2685
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Gyrodactylus anguillae; Monogenea; Anguilla anguilla; Glass eel; Mortality; Parasite; Spain; Muga
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/10201; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.004; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/10201/1/Grano-Maldonado%20et%20al%20%202011%20%28G%20%20anguillae%20-%20Veterinary%20Parasitology%29.pdf

The association of Gyrodactylus anguillae Ergens, 1960 with the glass eel stage of Anguilla anguilla (L.) (total body length 61.4 ± 4.9 mm; range 55-70) is reported from the north-western Mediterranean coast of Spain for the first time. A sample of 12,600 glass eels, caught by professional fishermen...