Tapeworm Khawia sinensis: Review of the introduction and subsequent decline of a pathogen of carp, Cyprinus carpio

0336390 - BC 2010 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Oros, Mikuláš - Hanzelová, V. - Scholz, Tomáš
Tapeworm Khawia sinensis: Review of the introduction and subsequent decline of a pathogen of carp, Cyprinus carpio.
Veterinary Parasitology. Roč. 164, 2-4 (2009), s. 217-222. ISSN 0304-4017. E-ISSN 1873-2550
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Keywords : biological invasions * Khawia sinensis * fish health
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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The Asian tapeworm Khawia sinensis Hsü , 1935 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) is a large-sized (body length up to 11.5 cm) monozoic (unsegmented) parasite of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) that may cause mortality of young fish (fry). Since the 1960s, this cestode successfully colonized a large part of Europe, North America and Japan. However, a review of published records provides evidence that the tapeworm K. sinensis, invasive parasite of carp, has become less common during the last two decades. Decline of K. sinensis may have been related to the recent introduction of another invasive tapeworm, the caryophyllidean Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958 to Europe.
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