Occurrence of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) from different mariculture systems in Spain

Sitjà‐Bobadilla, Ariadna; Redondo, Ma José; Álvarez-Pellitero, Pilar

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02369.x

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“…Interestingly, gill parasite Sparicotyle chrysophrii was found in fish in the C2 and C3 groups, whereas none was found in C1 gills. As has been stated previously [ 30 ], gill parasite presence is unusual in fish reared in tanks or ponds, probably because of turbidity or temperature variations. This could explain the low presence of parasites detected in this study.…”

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Effects of Fouling Management and Net Coating Strategies on Reared Gilthead Sea Bream Juveniles

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Parra

Balasch

et al. 2021

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In aquaculture, biofouling management is a difficult and expensive issue. Cuprous oxide has been commonly used to prevent fouling formation. To cheapen net management and reduce the use of copper, the industry has proposed several alternatives. Currently, polyurethane coatings are being explored and commercially implemented. With this alternative, net cleaning is done in situ, reducing the number of nets necessary to raise a batch, thus ideally reducing operational costs. This pilot study compared this new strategy to the use of cuprous oxide. The results show that nets treated with antifouling perform better and bioaccumulation of copper in fish tissues do not pose health risks to fish. Alternatives involving on-site cleaning need to improve efficiency. Although the conditions of this work are not completely comparable to commercial aquaculture conditions, the results might indicate the strengths and constrains of the solutions tested in real life.

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“…A literature review suggests that fouling in aquaculture cages and nets may act as a reservoir for parasites, increasing disease risk [ 4 , 6 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Interestingly, gill parasite Sparicotyle chrysophrii was found in fish in the C2 and C3 groups, whereas none was found in C1 gills.…”

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Effects of Fouling Management and Net Coating Strategies on Reared Gilthead Sea Bream Juveniles

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et al. 2021

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“…Likewise, development and hatching periods of S. chrysophrii are long at cold temperatures but become shorter as water temperature increases. These variations in host-parasite conditions could explain the seasonal infection levels reported for S. chrysophrii in gilthead sea bream fish farms, where prevalence and intensity are high in spring but remain commonly low, with sporadic peaks (see [ 68 ]), during winter months [ 24 , 29 , 30 ]. Therefore, to the extent that environment affects parasite biology and fish condition, different infection levels will be recorded in cultures.…”

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“…Saline solutions were made by adding marine salt or distilled water to 37 ppt filtered sea water and adjusted using a refractometer (Milwaukee MR 128, Rocky Mount, USA). Levels for both factors were selected to represent those normally found in spring [ 36 ], when epizootics of this parasite are known to occur in the western Mediterranean [ 24 , 29 , 30 ].…”

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Come rain or come shine: environmental effects on the infective stages of Sparicotyle chrysophrii, a key pathogen in Mediterranean aquaculture

Villar-Torres¹,

Montero²,

Raga³

et al. 2018

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BackgroundEvidence concerning the environmental influence on monogenean transmission and infection processes is widely accepted, although only the effects of a limited number of abiotic factors on particular monogenean species have been explored. The current context of climate change calls for further research both on this subject, and also that concerning monogenean hosts, especially in aquaculture.MethodsIn this study, four experiments were used to assess the response of the infective stages of Sparicotyle chrysophrii, a pathogenic monogenean from gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) cultures in the Mediterranean, to variations of temperature (from 10 °C to 30 °C), pH (7.0 and 7.9), photoperiod (LD 12:12, LD 0:24 and LD 24:0) and salinity (from 27 ppt to 47 ppt).ResultsThermal variations cause the strongest responses among the infective stages of S. chrysophrii, which reduced development and survival times as temperature increased. The optimal thermal range for maximum hatching success was found between 14 and 22 °C, whereas temperatures of 10 and 30 °C probably represent biological thermal limits. Reductions of development time and hatching rates were recorded at the lowest pH level, but hatching success remained above 50%, suggesting a certain degree of tolerance to slight pH variations. Photoperiod acts as an environmental cue synchronising the circadian hatching rhythm of S. chrysophrii with the first four hours of darkness. Response to a wide range of salinities was negligible, suggesting a high tolerance to variations of this abiotic factor.ConclusionsLarval development and hatching of S. chrysophrii are modulated according to environmental factors, mainly temperature, thus parasite-host coordination and successful infections are enhanced. Therefore, abiotic factors should be broadly considered to design treatments against this monogenean. The high tolerance to the predicted environmental variations over the next century reported for gilthead sea bream and herein exposed for S. chrysophrii suggests that neither will be notably affected by climate change in the western Mediterranean region.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13071-018-3139-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…While the withdrawal profile of PZQ has been studied in some farmed fish species including rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli) (Kim et al, 2001;2003), rice field eel (Monopterus albus) (Xu et al, 2006) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Björklund & Bylund 1987;Soukupova-Markova et al, 2016), limited information exists for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) (Baralla et al, 2020), an important commercialized Mediterranean farmed finfish species. Gilthead sea bream suffers from severe gill infections due to the monogenean Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Sitjà-Bobadilla et al, 2010) and PZQ could potentially be used to combat this ectoparasite, provided that a rapid removal from the fish body compartment will be beneficial for its use as aquatic medicine. The aim of this study was to determine the depletion profile of dietary administered PZQ in gilthead sea bream following multiple dosing administration.…”

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Depletion of praziquantel from gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) muscle plus skin

Kogiannou

Rigos

2020

Medit. Mar. Sci.

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The depletion pattern of praziquantel (PZQ) from gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) muscle plus skin was determined in this study. Fish averaging 100.2 ± 17.7 g and kept at 25oC received a PZQ-dosing of 150 mg/kg fish for 3 days. Muscle plus skin of each of ten fish were collected on days 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 days post-treatment. Depletion of PZQ from the edible gilthead sea bream tissues was rapid, as its concentrations declined to 0.04 μg/g as early as 24 h post-treatment, while was undetectable at 72 h. This information confirms the fact that PZQ is depleted fast from farmed animals including fish such as the gilthead sea bream and its levels in edible tissues failed below the detection limit in approximately 75 dd.

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Occurrence of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) from different mariculture systems in Spain

Cited by 19 publications

References 14 publications

Effects of Fouling Management and Net Coating Strategies on Reared Gilthead Sea Bream Juveniles

Effects of Fouling Management and Net Coating Strategies on Reared Gilthead Sea Bream Juveniles

Come rain or come shine: environmental effects on the infective stages of Sparicotyle chrysophrii, a key pathogen in Mediterranean aquaculture

Depletion of praziquantel from gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) muscle plus skin

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