Monogenean iSparicotyle chrysophrii/i: The major pathogen of the Mediterranean gilthead seabream aquaculture

0580497 - BC 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Mladineo, Ivona - Volpatti, D. - Beraldo, P. - Rigos, G. - Katharios, P. - Padros, F.
Monogenean iSparicotyle chrysophrii/i: The major pathogen of the Mediterranean gilthead seabream aquaculture.
Reviews in Aquaculture. Roč. 16, DEC (2023), s. 287-308. ISSN 1753-5123. E-ISSN 1753-5131
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 634429 - ParaFishControl; European Commission 101084204 - Cure4Aqua
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : bream sparus-aurata * bass dicentrarchus-labrax * n. sp myxosporea * sea bream * diplodus-puntazzo * gill parasite * van beneden * microscopic description * protozoa apicomplexa * seriola-lalandi * aquaculture * Mediterranean sea * Monogenea * Sparicotyle chrysophrii * sparids
OECD category: Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Impact factor: 10.4, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/raq.12839

Following the intensification of the Mediterranean aquaculture over the years, Sparicotyle (syn. Microcotyle) chrysophrii (van Beneden and Hesse, 1863, Microcotylidae, Monogenea) became one of the most pathogenic ectoparasites for the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) aquaculture. It has demonstrated a remarkable versatility to expand over its known host range, accomplish an efficient transfer between the wild and farmed sparid populations over wide geographic areas, and establish itself as the most detrimental gilthead seabream pathogen. Even though the incidence of S. chrysophrii is closely monitored in marine aquaculture system throughout the Mediterranean, there is a general lack of recent and publicly available data on its epidemiology. Being considered as a parasite whose proliferation is expected to increase under global warming conditions, such lack of data additionally humpers the implementation of integrated pest management strategy at national and Mediterranean level. While EU scientific initiatives greatly contributed to our understanding of S. chrysophrii biology, ecology and sparicotylosis treatment and pathogenesis, there is more ahead to elucidate about the mitigation of the diseases, particularly towards the development of genomic selection breeding programs of parasite-resilient gilthead seabream, omic-based screening of novel drug targets and reversed vaccinology.
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