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Wet mount of I. Haemorrhagic lesions caused by I.
Parasite Ichthyobodo necator Taxonomy Sarcomastigophora, Ichthyobodonidae Host Salmonid fishes Infection site Skin, fin, gill Clinical signs Heavily infested fish exhibits anorexia and petechial haemorrhagic lesions in the skin Fig. The ectoparasite is observed by light microscopy Fig.
Ichthyobodo necator
Parasitology The parasite body is pyriform and m m in size Fig. The free, non-feeding form has an oval body and swims by 2 rarely 4 unequal flagella. Though many Ichthyobodo which infect freshwater or marine fishes were described as Ichthyobodo necatorit was indicated by transmission experiments and gene analyses that most of them are different species from I.
Pathology Epithelial or epidermal cells become necrotic followed by sloughing of them and haemorrhages.
Ichthyobodo
Gill filaments are fused. Health hazard Since this parasite is not infectious to human, it is harmless in food hygiene. Diagnosis Check the flagella icnthyobodo a wet-mount preparation. Other information A new control method using green tea extract and its active ingredient a kind of catechin is investigated because the pharmaceutical law in Japan prohibited the therapeutic use of formalin for food fish Suzuki et al.
Lom, J and I. Infectious and parasitic diseases of fish and shellfish.
Efficacy of green tea extract on removal of ichtyobodo ectoparasitic flagellate Ichthyobodo necator from chum salmon, Oncorhynchus ketaand masu salmon, O. Aquaculture, Ichthyobodo necator Kinetoplastida — a complex of sibling species.
A review of Ichthyobodo infection in marine fishes. Heavily infested fish exhibits anorexia and petechial haemorrhagic lesions in the skin Fig.
The parasite body is pyriform and m m in size Fig. Epithelial or epidermal cells become necrotic followed by sloughing of them and haemorrhages. Since this parasite is not infectious to human, it is harmless in food hygiene.
Check the flagella in a wet-mount preparation. A new control method using green tea extract and its active ingredient a kind of catechin is investigated because the pharmaceutical law in Japan prohibited the therapeutic use of formalin for food fish Suzuki et al.