Common sculpin Cottus gobio as a natural paratenic host of Proteocephalus longicollis (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of salmonids, in Europe
2001; Inter-Research; Volume: 45; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/dao045155
ISSN1616-1580
Autores Tópico(s)Identification and Quantification in Food
ResumoDAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials DAO 45:155-158 (2001) - doi:10.3354/dao045155 Common sculpin Cottus gobio as a natural paratenic host of Proteocephalus longicollis (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of salmonids, in Europe Franti$ek Moravec* Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brani$ovská 31, 37005 >eské Budejovice, Czech Republic *E-mail: moravec@paru.cas.cz ABSTRACT: Common sculpins Cottus gobio L. (Pisces: Cottidae), from the Ml)nsk) Brook near >eské 5leby in the 2umava National Park, southwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic, were found to harbour in their intestines juvenile cestodes Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800), a common parasite of holarctic salmonids, with a prevalence of 60% and intensity of 1 to 11 (mean 5) parasites per fish; undoubtedly, these prey fish serve as paratenic hosts. In this locality, the definitive host of P. longicollis is the brown trout Salmo trutta m. fario L., large specimens of which apparently acquire infection of this parasite by feeding on infected sculpins. C. gobio is the first known natural paratenic host of P. longicollis in Europe. KEY WORDS: Cestoda · Proteocephalus longicollis · Paratenic host · Cottus gobio · Salmo trutta m. fario · Czech Republic Full text in pdf format PreviousExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in DAO Vol. 45, No. 2. Online publication date: June 20, 2001 Print ISSN: 0177-5103; Online ISSN: 1616-1580 Copyright © 2001 Inter-Research.
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