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Progress of the Diphyllobothrium Epizootic at Poulaphouca Reservoir, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

M. D. Hickey  and
J. R. Harris
M. D. Hickey
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and the Departments of Pathology and Bacteriology, University College, Dublin
J. R. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin.
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Extract

The pathology of the infection in the trout of Poulaphouca Reservoir is described.

An annual mortality was found to occur in the trout during the summer months. This was caused by peritonitis which is attributed to plerocercoids becoming active as a result of the increase in temperature.

It is demonstrated that the infection in trout is probably of a secondary nature resulting from their feeding on sticklebacks primarily infected from the Copepod hosts.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , November 1947 , pp. 13 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1947

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