0555002 - BC 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Scholz, Tomáš - Kuchta, Roman - Orosová, M.
Tapeworms as pathogens of fish: A review.
Journal of Fish Diseases. Roč. 44, č. 12 (2021), s. 1883-1900. ISSN 0140-7775. E-ISSN 1365-2761
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GX19-28399X
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : diphyllobothrium-dendriticum nitzsch * atractolytocestus-huronensis cestoda * oncorhynchus-mykiss walbaum * triaenophorus-crassus forel * ligula-intestinalis cestoda * salmo-gairdneri richardson * salvelinus-alpinus l * fresh-water fishes * cyprinus-carpio * rainbow-trout * carp * control * epizootiology * metacestodes * salmonids * tapeworms
OECD category: Hydrology
Impact factor: 2.580, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfd.13526

Tapeworms (Cestoda) represents a species rich (about 5000 species) group of flatworms (Neodermata) parasitizing all groups of vertebrates including humans, with about 1000 species parasitizing elasmobranchs and almost 500 occurring in teleosts as adults. They are common parasites of cultured fish, both as adults and larvae (metacestodes), but only few adult tapeworms are actually pathogenic for their fish hosts. In contrast, cestode larvae can be harmful for fish, especially plerocercoids migrating throughout their tissue and internal organs. Current knowledge of host-parasite relationships, including immune response of fish infected with tapeworms, is still insufficient to enable adequate control of cestodoses, and most data available were obtained several decades ago. Treatment of fish infected with adult tapeworms is effective, especially with praziquantel, whereas the treatment of metacestodes is problematic. Control measures include interruption of the complex life cycle and prevention of transport of uninspected fish to new region.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0329617