Publications

host switch of lamellodiscus elegans (monogenea: monopisthocotylea) and sparicotyle chrysophrii (monogenea: polyopisthocotylea) between cage-reared sparids.	sharpsnout bream (diplodus puntazzo) has been used in adriatic aquaculture for less than a decade, but the decreasing trend of rearing this species will probably result in its complete substitution by more exploited sea bream (sparus aurata). only two facilities still rear both fish species in neighbouring cages in monoculture. a switch of parasites was observed between sparids during monitoring of the gill monogeneans of farmed fish. in wild fish of the adriatic sea, lamellodiscus elegans (mono ...	2007	17187241
experimental transmission of sparicotyle chrysophrii (monogenea: polyopisthocotylea) to gilthead seabream (sparus aurata) and histopathology of the infection.	the polyopisthocotylean sparicotyle chrysophrii (van beneden et hesse, 1863) was experimentally transmitted to gilthead seabream (sparus aurata l.) by exposure to eggs (egt) and by cohabitation with naturally parasitized fish (ct). in egt trials, the infection was successfully transmitted by introducing containers with monogenean eggs in the fish tanks, with the highest infection level (85.7% prevalence, 3.3 mean intensity) achieved at 6 weeks post exposure (p.e.) to the infection dose of 650 eg ...	2009	19606789
sparicotyle chrysophrii (van beneden and hesse 1863) (monogenea: polyopisthocotylea) parasite of cultured gilthead sea bream sparus aurata (linnaeus 1758) (pisces: teleostei) from corsica: ecological and morphological study.	sparicotyle chrysophrii infections were highlighted during a parasitological monitoring carried out on cultured gilthead sea bream sparus aurata linnaeus 1758 from aquaculture sites in corsica. factors and biological mechanisms regulating parasites populations, particularly controlling the infestation and survival of monogeneans have been studied. variations in infection support the hypotheses that the main factor determining the infection of s. chrysophrii was temperature and that the parasite ...	2010	20422218
Post-larval development of the microcotylid monogenean Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Van Beneden and Hesse, 1863): comparison with species of Microcotylidae and Heteraxinidae.	The chronology of post-larval development in S. chrysophrii, a polyopisthocotylean monogenean parasite of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.), was experimentally studied. It is compared with other species within the Microcotylidae and the Heteraxinidae, including an analysis of the changes in attachment and the growth rate. Gilthead seabreams infected by larvae of S. chrysophrii were killed periodically in order to collect the different developmental stages. Parasite total body length, hapt ...	2011	22015332
morphometric, molecular and ecological analyses of the parasites of the sharpsnout seabream diplodus puntazzo cetti (sparidae) from the spanish mediterranean: implications for aquaculture.	one of the fish species with the highest potential for aquaculture is the sharpsnout seabream, diplodus puntazzo cetti. among other aspects, the development of new fish cultures requires studies of potential pathogens that may compromise survival of the fish in captivity. moreover, both cultured and wild fish can act as sources or reservoirs of pathogens which may negatively affect other well-established cultures. we have studied the parasite fauna of the wild sharpsnout seabream, and monitored ...	2015	24299967
risk assessment for parasites in cultures of diplodus puntazzo (sparidae) in the western mediterranean: prospects of cross infection with sparus aurata.	the sharpsnout seabream diplodus puntazzo is of interest in mediterranean fish farming. disease is an important problem because parasites can spread quickly in culture conditions and fish often develop high parasite burdens. here we assess the risk that documented parasites pose to the sustainability of d. puntazzo farming. this study specifically considers metazoan and protist parasites recorded from wild and farmed d. puntazzo in scientific literature. risk assessment studies involve the ident ...	2014	24893693
strong effect of long-term sparicotyle chrysophrii infection on the cellular and innate immune responses of gilthead sea bream, sparus aurata.	one thousand healthy recipient gilthead sea bream, sparus aurata, cohabited with 250 donor fish parasitized by sparicotyle chrysophrii (van beneden and hesse, 1963) (monogenea: polyopisthocotylea), a common parasite of the gills of this fish species. controls consisted of 1000 healthy fish kept in a separate tank. after 10 weeks, fish were weighed and parasite load, hemoglobin concentration and immunological parameters were assessed. rather than the absence of parasite, hemoglobin concentration ...	2015	25825219
application of compound mixture of caprylic acid, iron and mannan oligosaccharide against sparicotyle chrysophrii (monogenea: polyopisthocotylea) in gilthead sea bream, sparus aurata.	we have evaluated the therapeutic effect of a compound mixture of caprylic acid (200 mg/kg fish), organic iron (0.2% of diet) and mannan oligosaccharide (0.4% of diet) in gilthead sea bream, sparus aurata linnaeus, infected with sparicotyle chrysophrii beneden et hesse, 1863 in controlled conditions. one hundred and ten reared and s. chrysophrii-free fish (197 g) located in a cement tank were infected by the parasite two weeks following the addition of 150 s. chrysophrii-infected fish (70 g). gr ...	2016	27507773