<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Anisakis is a parasite of marine mammals that uses a great number of fish species as intermediate or paratenic hosts. It is common in commercially important marine fishes and its presence is of great concern for both human health and economic reasons. Horse mackerels (Trachurus trachurus) originated from the Northern Aegean Sea were examined for the presence of Anisakis spp. larvae. The prevalence of Anisakis spp. was found 98.8 %. The number of parasites was significantly related to the host’s length but was not related to the fish gender. The month of sampling affected the size of the fishes and consequently the number of parasites. The length of larvae was not related to the host’s length. The present study resulted in the design of a prediction model for the number of existing parasites in the fish by measuring only its Fixed Length.</p></abstract>

Anisakis is a parasite of marine mammals that uses a great number of fish species as intermediate or paratenic hosts. It is common in commercially important marine fishes and its presence is of great concern for both human health and economic reasons. Horse mackerels (Trachurus trachurus) originated from the Northern Aegean Sea were examined for the presence of Anisakis spp. larvae. The prevalence of Anisakis spp. was found 98.8 %. The number of parasites was significantly related to the host’s length but was not related to the fish gender. The month of sampling affected the size of the fishes and consequently the number of parasites. The length of larvae was not related to the host’s length. The present study resulted in the design of a prediction model for the number of existing parasites in the fish by measuring only its Fixed Length.

Anisakis spp. burden in Trachurus trachurus
                  

Laboratory of Ichthyology, Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, 81100, Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece

Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

Helminthologia

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Anisakis is a parasite of marine mammals that uses a great number of fish species as intermediate or paratenic hosts. It is common in commercially important...

Anisakis spp. burden in Trachurus trachurus

Publié en ligne: 11 janv. 2012

Pages: 16 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0003-4

Mots clés
Trachurus trachurus, Anisakis, Aegean Sea, prediction, host-parasite models

© 2012 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Anisakis spp. burden in Trachurus trachurus

Publié en ligne: 11 janv. 2012

Pages: 16 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0003-4

Mots clésTrachurus trachurus, Anisakis, Aegean Sea, prediction, host-parasite models

© 2012 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Trachurus trachurus, Anisakis, Aegean Sea, prediction, host-parasite models