| defeating diplostomoid dangers in usa catfish aquaculture. | diplostomoid digenean metacercariae have caused widescale mortalities of channel catfish, ictalurus punctatus (rafinesque), at aquaculture farms in louisiana, mississippi and arkansas, usa. originally, based on a tentative diagnosis, the industry considered the primary harmful agent to be an introduced species from europe, bolbophorus confusus (krause, 1914), frequently reported from the american white pelican, pelecanus erythrorhynchos gmelin. our group has now shown, using its 1-2 plus three m ... | 2004 | 15357393 |
| clinostomum album n. sp. and clinostomum marginatum (rudolphi, 1819), parasites of the great egret ardea alba l. from mississippi, usa. | members of the genus clinostomum leidy, 1856, colloquially known as yellow grubs, are cosmopolitan parasites of piscivorous birds, freshwater snails, fish and amphibians. in the southeastern united states, piscivorous birds present a continuous challenge for producers of farm-raised catfish. ciconiiform birds are common hosts of clinostomum spp. in north america and are endemic on most commercial catfish operations. the great egret ardea alba l. is an avian predator often found foraging on comme ... | 2017 | 28062984 |