The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)

Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)
Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)
The effects of the fish parasitic isopod, Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso), on haematological parameters of its cage-cultured sea bass host, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), were studied. Analyses of blood parameters (cell counts, haemoglobin content and haematocrit) were carried out on parasitized and unparasitized sea bass from a fish farm in Turkey. Parasitized fish had significantly lowered erythrocyte counts, haematocrit and haemoglobin values and significantly increased leucocyte counts. Blood feeding by C. oestroides thus produces a post-haemorrhagic anaemia and the fish appear to mount an immune response to the presence of parasites.
anaemia, Ceratothoa oestroides, Dicentrarchus labrax, feeding, isopoda
401-406
Horton, T.
c4b41665-f0bc-4f0f-a7af-b2b9afc02e34
Okamura, B.
5cd120ed-3b5c-40a0-81d6-95442f7b2a03
Horton, T.
c4b41665-f0bc-4f0f-a7af-b2b9afc02e34
Okamura, B.
5cd120ed-3b5c-40a0-81d6-95442f7b2a03

Horton, T. and Okamura, B. (2003) Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae). Journal of Fish Diseases, 26 (7), 401-406.

Record type: Article

Abstract

The effects of the fish parasitic isopod, Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso), on haematological parameters of its cage-cultured sea bass host, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), were studied. Analyses of blood parameters (cell counts, haemoglobin content and haematocrit) were carried out on parasitized and unparasitized sea bass from a fish farm in Turkey. Parasitized fish had significantly lowered erythrocyte counts, haematocrit and haemoglobin values and significantly increased leucocyte counts. Blood feeding by C. oestroides thus produces a post-haemorrhagic anaemia and the fish appear to mount an immune response to the presence of parasites.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: 2003
Keywords: anaemia, Ceratothoa oestroides, Dicentrarchus labrax, feeding, isopoda

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 1355
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/1355
PURE UUID: 2ab44162-bb86-4f3d-b3f3-72f320b3500a

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 20 Apr 2004
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 12:47

Export record

Contributors

Author: T. Horton
Author: B. Okamura

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×