The Three-spined Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758, plays a minor role as a host of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837) in the Gulf of Maine

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TitleThe Three-spined Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758, plays a minor role as a host of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837) in the Gulf of Maine
AuthorsPietrak M, Jensen A, Barbin Zydlewski G, Bricknell I
TypeJournal Article
Journal NameJournal of fish diseases
VolumeN/A
IssueN/A
Year2019
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CitationPietrak M, Jensen A, Barbin Zydlewski G, Bricknell I. The Three-spined Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758, plays a minor role as a host of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837) in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of fish diseases. 2019 May 01.

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The sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer 1837), is a significant parasite of farmed salmon throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Management of on-farm louse populations can be improved by understanding the role that wild fish play in sustaining and providing refuge for the local population of sea lice. In this study, 1,064 sticklebacks were captured. Of these animals, 176 individuals were carrying a total of 238 sea lice, yielding a prevalence and intensity of 16.5% and 1.4 lice per fish, respectively. Detailed examination of the sea lice on the three-spined sticklebacks captured in Cobscook Bay found two L. salmonis individuals using three-spined sticklebacks as hosts. A 2012 survey of wild fish in Cobscook Bay, Maine, found multiple wild hosts for Caligus elongatus (von Nordmann 1832), including three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.), but no L. salmonis were found in this earlier study.

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1Michael Pietrak
2Alexander Jensen
3Gayle Barbin Zydlewski
4Ian Bricknell
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LanguageEnglish
Language Abbreng
Publication TypeJournal Article
Journal CountryEngland
Publication ModelPrint-Electronic
ISSN1365-2761
eISSN1365-2761
Publication Date2019 May 01
Journal AbbreviationJ. Fish Dis.
DOI10.1111/jfd.12998
Elocation10.1111/jfd.12998
Copyright© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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