| characterization of the life cycle of a fish eye fluke, austrodiplostomum ostrowskiae (digenea: diplostomidae), with notes on two other diplostomids infecting biomphalaria havanensis (mollusca: planorbidae) from catfish aquaculture ponds in mississippi, usa. | ocular diplostomiasis is caused by trematode species in the family diplostomidae, specifically those in the genera austrodiplostomum, diplostomum, and tylodelphys. diplostomid trematodes are globally distributed parasites of fish. heavy infections of diplostomids that parasitize the eyes of fish can result in acute mortality while chronic infections are often characterized by impaired vision or blindness. in the southeastern united states, commercial catfish production is threatened by piscivoro ... | 2016 | 26741049 |
| confocal microscopy as a useful approach to describe gill rakers of asian species of carp and native filter-feeding fishes of the upper mississippi river system. | to better understand potential diet overlap among exotic asian species of carp and native species of filter-feeding fishes of the upper mississippi river system, microscopy was used to document morphological differences in the gill rakers. analysing samples first with light microscopy and subsequently with confocal microscopy, the three-dimensional structure of gill rakers in hypophthalmichthys molitrix, hypophthalmichthys nobilis and dorosoma cepedianum was more thoroughly described and illustr ... | 2014 | 25141916 |