指纹种群的大小对养殖场养的海峡鱼的增殖病严重程度没有影响
Bradley M Richardson1, Noor Ul-Huda2,3,4, Cynthia Ware2,3
1U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
Journal of aquatic animal health
|April 4, 2025
概括
养殖较大的道鱼的指纹并不能防止腺增殖性疾病 (PGD). 池水和状组织中的寄生虫水平是影响PGD的主要因素,而不是鱼类大小.
科学领域:
- 水生动物卫生 水生动物卫生
- 鱼类病理学 鱼类病理学
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
背景情况:
- 由myxozoan Henneguya ictaluri引起的增殖病 (PGD) 显著影响美国东南部的海峡鱼水产养殖.
- 在将手指大小的鱼转移到成长池时,PGD爆发最常见.
- 目前的缓解依赖于避免带有致命寄生虫度的池,通过哨兵鱼或qPCR检测到.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估养殖更大的海峡鱼指是否会提高生存率.
- 为了研究指纹大小对PGD相关状况指标的影响.
- 为了评估更大的指纹作为PGD缓解策略的有效性.
主要方法:
- 两种尺寸 (约12厘米和20厘米) 的海峡鱼指纹被放置在19个商业池的网中,其中H. ictaluri的含量各不相同.
- 在一周后,对鱼类的死亡率进行了监测,并对幸存者进行了PGD总体,组织学和分子迹象的评估.
- 部损伤的评估是通过湿分析进行解病变和PGD病变和寄生虫阶段的组织学评估.
主要成果:
- 关于状况,没有发现指纹大小和寄生虫负担 (在池水或组织中) 之间的显著相互作用.
- 池水和组织中的寄生虫度是状况指标的唯一显著预测指标.
- 较大的指纹并没有显示出较大的寄生虫负载的池中较小的指纹相比,改善了生存率或减少了状损伤.
结论:
- 养殖较大的海峡鱼的指纹不会对PGD死亡率或次致命的部损伤提供显著的保护.
- 储存的手指幼的大小并不能减轻H. ictaluri感染的影响.
- 管理策略应侧重于控制池中的寄生虫水平,而不是依赖养殖更大的鱼类.
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