Update on the Distribution of the Invasive Asian Fish Tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, in the U.S. and Canada

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Occurrence, spread and control measures of Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Bothriocephalidae: Cestoda)

“…by Baer and Fain (1958) in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), is not clear. The tapeworm has since been reported from Egypt and South Africa (Rysavy and Moravec 1975;Brandt et al 1981 (Hoffman 1999;Choudhury et al 2006). It was suspected that bait minnows (Plagopterus argentissimus) represented the main source of the tapeworm infecting fish populations in the western USA (Heckmann 2000(Heckmann , 2009.…”

“…It was suspected that bait minnows (Plagopterus argentissimus) represented the main source of the tapeworm infecting fish populations in the western USA (Heckmann 2000(Heckmann , 2009. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi has been reported in 13 states of the USA (Hoffman 1999;Choudhury et al 2006), and from the Great Lakes area (Marcogliese 2008). There is only one published record of B. acheilognathi from South America (Rego et al 1999), most probably as a result of the import of carp from Europe to Brazil (Cornelio Procopio, Parana).…”

Microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers show no evidence of population structure in walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Winnipeg

“…Invasive species such as rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax; Stewart and Watkinson, 2004) and Asian tapeworm (Bothriocephalus acheilognathi; Choudhury et al, 2006) may be affecting the food base of walleye in Lake Winnipeg, making it potentially unstable. Lake Winnipeg's water demand and eutrophication rate are both increasing as development increases (Patalas and Salki, 1992), and the effects of these demands on the biology of the lake are largely unknown.…”

Range expansion and molecular confirmation of the Asian fish tapeworm in the lower Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River with notes on infections in baitfish

“…Any cestodes found were fixed in either 70% or 95% ethanol. Parasites were identified based on the presence of a triangular, characteristic scolex and absence of a neck region (Scholz, 1997;Choudhury et al, 2006). There are no other cestodes reported from cyprinids in eastern North America with which can be confused with S. acheilognathi .…”