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The susceptibility of fishes to haemoflagellates at different ambient temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. T. K. Woo ,
S. D. Wehnert  and
D. Rodgers
P. T. K. Woo
Affiliation:
Departments of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
S. D. Wehnert
Affiliation:
Departments of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
D. Rodgers
Affiliation:
Departments of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Summary

Trout acclimated to 20 °C could not be infected with Cryptobia salmositica. Those acclimated to 5 °C had longer pre-patent periods and considerably lower parasitaemias than those at 10 °C. Forty days after infection, the parasitaemias in fish at 10 °C fluctuated, while this was not observed in those at 5 °C. In vitro incubation of Cryptobia in plasma from 20 °C fish did not affect the motility nor the infectivity of the parasite. Fish infected at 15 °C (low parasitaemias and 2 weeks after inoculation) lost their infections when the ambient temperature was raised to 20 °C. However, in fish with more acute infections (4 weeks after inoculation), the parasitaemias were only substantially reduced when the ambient temperature was raised to 20 °C. Trypanosoma danilewskyi were detected in goldfish acclimated to 10, 20 and 30 °C. However, the parasitaemias in goldfish at 10 and 30 °C were consistently much lower than those at 20 °C.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 87 , Issue 3 , December 1983 , pp. 385 - 392
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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