| occurrence of anguillicola crassus (nematoda: dracunculoidea) in japanese eels anguilla japonica from a river and an aquaculture unit in sw taiwan. | the infection by swimbladder nematodes of the genus anguillicola (dracunculoidea: anguillicolidae) was examined in 2 populations of the japanese eel anguilla japonica in sw taiwan. wild eels from the kao-ping river were compared with cultured eels from an adjacent aquaculture unit. only the cosmopolitan species anguillicola crassus was present. among wild eels, prevalence of infection varied between 21 and 62%, and mean intensity between 1.7 and 2.7 for adult worms. similar intensity values (1.3 ... | 2006 | 16956057 |