| discovery of intermediate hosts for two species of blood flukes cardicola orientalis and cardicola forsteri (trematoda: aporocotylidae) infecting pacific bluefin tuna in japan. | fish blood flukes (aporocotylidae) are important pathogens of farmed finfish around the world. among them, cardicola spp. infecting farmed tuna are considered to be serious threats to tuna farming and have received tremendous attention. we conducted periodical samplings at a tuna farming site in japan between january and may, 2015 to determine the life cycle of cardicola spp. we collected over 4700 terebellid polychaetes from ropes, floats and frames of tuna culture cages and found nearly 400 in ... | 2016 | 26571413 |
| transcriptional immune response of cage-cultured pacific bluefin tuna during infection by two cardicola blood fluke species. | infections by two blood fluke species, cardicola orientalis and cardicola opisthorchis, currently present the greatest disease concern for the sea-cage culture of pacific bluefin tuna (pbt) - a species of high global economic importance and ecological concern. in this study, we aimed to rapidly, quantitatively, and differentially identify infections by these two parasite species in cultured pbt as well as identify potential host immune responses. using real-time qpcr, we were successful in quant ... | 2014 | 24161760 |
| cardicola opisthorchis n. sp. (trematoda: aporocotylidae) from the pacific bluefin tuna, thunnus orientalis (temminck & schlegel, 1844), cultured in japan. | a new aporocotylid blood fluke is described, based on specimens from the ventricle of the pacific bluefin tuna, thunnus orientalis (temminck et schlegel), cultured in wakayama and nagasaki prefectures, japan. the new species is morphologically similar to the members of the genus cardicola short, 1953, but shows distinct differences in the body form, location of the testis and the orientation of the ootype. the body of the new species is long and slender, whereas other cardicola species are small ... | 2011 | 21616163 |
| a new blood fluke of the genus cardicola (trematoda: sanguinicolidae) from pacific bluefin tuna thunnus orientalis (temminck & schlegel, 1844) cultured in japan. | a new sanguinicolid blood fluke, cardicola orientalis n. sp., is described from the afferent branchial artery and heart of pacific bluefin tuna thunnus orientalis (temminck & schlegel) cultured in mie and nagasaki prefectures, japan. the new species is most similar to c. ambrosioi braicovich, etchegoin, timi et sardella, 2006 from the brazilian flathead, percophis brasiliensis quoy & gaimard, but can be differentiated by the position of the female genital pore (in midline or slightly sinistral i ... | 2010 | 19835980 |