大型多钩槽绦虫与隐藏新棘虫种间关系研究

大型多钩槽绦虫和隐藏新棘虫单独在黄鲜肠道内分布时,其分布益十分相似,相似性系数ｒ＝０．９２２６（Ｐ〈０．０１）,当两种寄生蠕虫在黄鳝中共同感染时,随着大型多钩槽绦虫的生长,其分布位置明显前移而隐藏新棘虫的分布位置则显著后退,生态２位重叠明显下降。两种寄生蠕虫种间正关联显著,它们在宿主人共存并不改变它们的感染速度。     

鳗鲡独孤吸虫种群生物学的研究

黄鳝感染独孤吸虫是一个随机过程。其感染率为２３．５％,感染强度为３．１,３２ｃｍ以下的黄鳝示检出鳗鲡独孤吸虫,３２ｃｍ以上的黄鳝的感染率随宿主的体长增长而增大,但期感染强度无甚差异。鳗鲡独孤吸虫种群主要由体长２￣６ｍｍ的虫体组成,在宿主种群中为聚集分布。鳗鲡独孤吸虫的寄生不引起宿主肥满度的明显差异。     

我国鱊头槽绦虫的鱼类宿主种类及其地理分布

本文结合野外调查数据和文献资料,报道了鱊头槽绦虫(Bothriocephalus acheilognathi)在我国感染的鱼类宿主种类及其地理分布。鱊头槽绦虫是一种世界性广布鱼类寄生绦虫;它起源于亚洲地区并伴随着宿主鱼类向外引种在世界范围内广泛扩散。在我国鱊头槽绦虫广泛分布于从北至南的自然水域或养殖水体中(辽河、海河、额尔齐斯河、伊犁河、黄河、淮河、长江、闽江、珠江等流域);感染宿主鱼类达31种,其中鲤科(Cyprinidae)26种、鳢科(Channidae)1种、塘鳢科(Eleotridae)1种、慈鲷科(Cichlidae)1种、胎鳉科(Poeciliidae)2种。在调查的各水系野生鱼类中,马口鱼(Opsariichthys bidens)和赤眼鳟(Squaliobarbus curriculus)具有较高的感染率;各大流域池塘养殖的草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)几乎都有头槽绦虫的寄生。作者根据头槽绦虫的流行特征认为马口鱼和赤眼鳟可能为该绦虫在自然水体中的主要宿主。     

寄生在鲤鱼及草(鲩)鱼的鱊头槽绦虫的多样性

研究了寄生于鲤鱼及草(鲩)鱼的鱊头槽绦虫(Bothriocephalus acheiloghathi)的多样性.作者在1986-2000年收集材料,遍及中国19个省及自治区.在江苏等5省只收集到其它寄生虫的材料,故结果未列入附录1和2.研究结果表明,鲤鱼及草鱼的寄生鱊头槽绦虫的地理分布截然不同.寄生于鲤鱼的鱊头槽绦虫分布于黄河水系的西北地区及黑龙江水系的东北各省及长江上游的四川、云南和贵州,南方各省的鲤鱼不感染这种绦虫.寄生于草鱼的鱊头槽绦虫分布于沿珠江水系的广东、广西及闽江水系的福建,感染池塘的幼龄草鱼,天然水体中未发现感染阳性的草鱼.交义感染试验表明,寄生在这两种鲤科鱼类的头槽绦虫有极强的宿主特异性,草鱼感染的头槽绦虫一年内大部分时间排出发育完全的胚胎卵,而鲤鱼感染的头槽绦虫排出的虫卵多为早期分裂卵,甚至在盛夏,水温在28℃-30℃的情况下也无例外.虫卵发育程度不同,卵的孵化期也有差异.在同等温度28℃-29℃时,草鱼头槽绦虫虫卵的孵化期为1.69±0.17 d;鲤鱼的头槽绦虫虫卵的孵化期为3.98±0.3 d.此外,种群结构也有明显区别,草鱼的头槽绦虫在繁殖季节,体长＜1 cm的幼虫占种群的主体,年终时绦虫全部从宿主体内消失,生活周期从初染至消敛约1年;鲤鱼的头槽绦虫主体全年皆为孕节成虫,在Ⅱ龄商品鱼中继续繁殖.本研究表明,鲤鱼及草鱼的寄生鱊头槽绦虫显示的多样性是因长期适应不同生活环境从而演化为两个不同的亚种[动物学报 53(3):470-480,2007].     

两种淡水鱼类假叶绦虫的生活史

一、前言 假叶绦虫对鱼类养殖有很大的危害性,如寄生在海鸥Larus tridactylus等鸟类的舌形绦虫(Ligula intestinalis)其后充尾蚴寄生在鱼类腹腔内,成长后虫体的体积和重量几与宿主相等,此舌形绦虫病(ligulosis)蔓延在内陆的淡水湖或水库造成巨大损失。其他如三枝钩绦虫Trianophorus nodulosus是狗鱼常见的寄生虫,其后充尾蚴寄生在河鲈等鱼类,无论幼虫或成虫均是淡水养殖及资源保护的敌害。广东省九江头槽绦虫(Bothriocephalus     

头槽绦虫属的分类学研究

头槽绦虫属)Bothriocephalus Rudolphi,1808)隶属绦虫纲)Cestoidea)假叶目(Pseudophyl lidea)头槽科)Bothriocephalidae),主要寄生于海水及淡水鱼类 ,偶见于两栖类1,典型寄生部位为宿主的前肠 ,可直接影响宿主进食 ,严重时会引起宿主贫血以致死亡。该属包含的种类很多 ,仅Yamaguti21959年记载的寄生于鲤科鱼类的头槽绦虫属就有71种 ,其中危害养殖鱼类健康的多数寄生于淡水鱼类 ,B. scorpii可能是惟一危害海水经济鱼类的种类3.       

海南黄鳝体内新棘衣虫和胃瘤线虫感染初报

首次报道了海南产野生黄鳝对新棘衣虫和胃瘤线虫(幼虫)的感染情况。结果表明,新棘衣虫的感染率为46.7%,感染强度为3.80,平均丰度为1.78;胃瘤线虫的感染率为24.3%,感染强度为2.15,平均丰度为0.52;黄鳝的感染与其自身的体长有一定关系,体长190 mm以下黄鳝对线虫未发现有感染,对棘头虫的感染率亦最低,为20%,而体长191 mm以上黄鳝对棘头虫和线虫均有较高的感染率,其中体长191~220 mm黄鳝的感染率最高;棘头虫和线虫的种群在黄鳝种群中均呈聚集分布,其负二项参数k值分别为0.2539和0.2176;棘头虫和线虫的感染均以210~220 mm体长段的阳性宿主最多,分别占26.0%和34.6%。     

黄鳝体内胃瘤线虫的种群生物学研究

胃瘤线虫幼虫主要寄生于黄鳝的体腔内 ,以包囊形式附着于肠壁及肠系膜等处。该线虫的感染率和感染强度有随宿主体长的增加而增加的趋势 ,但有些波动 ,在体长 35 0— 4 0 0mm的黄鳝中其感染强度先有所下降 ,后又迅速增加 ,体长 4 5 0mm以上的黄鳝其感染率降低。这可能宿主鱼的食性改变及对寄生虫的感染产生免疫力等有关。胃瘤线虫的种群平均丰度随宿主体长的增加而缓慢地增加 ,其种群平均丰度 (M)与宿主体长 (L)符合直线方程M =- 1 0 76 0 0 0 0 85L的变化规律。随着黄鳝体长的增加 ,胃瘤线虫种群在黄鳝中的频率分布的尾增长 ,即黄鳝感染较多线虫所占的比例增加。 4— 5月份黄鳝体内的胃瘤线虫种群组成中以体长较大的虫体 (4 0— 6 0mm)为主。胃瘤线虫种群在宿主黄鳝种群中呈聚集分布 ,且聚集强度随线虫种群平均丰度的增加而增加。     

鱊头槽绦虫原尾蚴皮层的超微结构观察

利用透射电镜观察了头槽绦虫 (Bothriocephalusacheilognathi)原尾蚴皮层的超微结构。头槽绦虫原尾蚴的皮层为典型的合胞体结构。皮层表面有浓密的微毛与少量的突起。与成虫相比 ,原尾蚴的微毛长而且粗 ,呈现单态性 ,推测在进入终末宿主的过程中有脱落和再生现象。突起分布在头部与体侧 ,含有较少的电子致密颗粒。在原尾蚴皮层细胞质中观察到三种腺细胞的分泌过程 ,即顶分泌、外分泌和微分泌过程。原尾蚴身体后部观察到尾钩和穿刺腺管道的开口。在核周区和纤维层下可见发育较好的环肌与纵肌。本文还对原尾蚴皮层突起的功能进行了探讨。     

斑头雁脱氧血红蛋白的晶体生长及X射线晶体学的初步研究

报导了以Ｎａ２Ｓ２Ｏ４为还原剂制备脱氧血红蛋白,并以聚乙二醇溶液为沉淀剂,在ｐＨ７．２,蛋白浓度２０ｍｇ／ｍｌ条件下培养出适合于Ｘ射线分析用的斑头雁脱氧血红蛋白晶体,经Ｘ射线平面探测仪收集衍射强度数据和处理。确定晶体属三斜晶系,空间群Ｐ１,晶胞参数α＝７．０９ｎｍ,ｂ＝９．５４ｎｍ,ｃ＝５．８７ｎｍ,α＝７２．８°,β＝６５．９°,γ＝８２．０°,ｖ－３４６．１ｎｍ３,每个不对称单位包含２个四聚体分子,共收集２．８分辨率的独立衍射点３０６５４个,Ｒｍ因子为５．１４％。     

未产卵雌性黄鳝的性转变

为探讨产卵是否为雌性黄鳝(Monopterus albus Zuiew)性转变的必经过程, 研究分析了实验室内从受精卵或幼苗开始养殖至不同时间段的黄鳝性腺组织学状况, 采用性腺活检技术跟踪了34月龄雌性黄鳝性腺发育变化, 并以免疫组织化学方法探讨了黄鳝不同发育状态性腺中增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)的分布。在养殖过程中, 实验黄鳝没有出现产卵现象或者繁殖行为。在5月龄黄鳝中, 间性占比13.3%, 雄性占比20.0%; 在12月龄(1龄)黄鳝中, 雄性占比17.6%; 34月龄(3龄)黄鳝中, 间性占比12.8%, 雄性占比8.5%。通过性腺活检技术对36条34月龄雌性黄鳝性腺发育变化进行了为期1个月的跟踪研究, 结果表明, 16.7%的雌性黄鳝发生了性转变, 性腺发育到间性阶段。黄鳝间性早期性腺生殖褶增厚, 部分细胞呈现明显PCNA免疫阳性, 包括间质细胞、精原细胞和初级精母细胞。上述结果提示, 产卵并非雌性黄鳝发生性转变的必经过程; 黄鳝性转变初期, 性腺结构变化包括生殖褶中间质细胞和精原细胞的发生和增殖。     

黄鳝饲料蛋白质需求量的研究

为确定黄鳝(Monopterus albus)对饲料蛋白质的需求量, 试验分7组, 每组4个重复。每个重复放养初始体重为(17.1±0.2) g的幼鳝25尾, 分别以鱼粉和酪蛋白为主要蛋白源, 配制蛋白质含量为32.74%(T1)、38.50%(T2)、42.26%(T3)、48.35%(T4)、52.65%(T5)、57.87%(T6)和62.31%(T7)的7种等能不等氮饲料, 养殖期为60d。以生产性能、蛋白质保留率和生理生化指标等综合评价确定蛋白质的需求量。结果: (1)随饲料蛋白质含量升高, 饲料系数呈先降低后升高; 增重率(WGR)、特定生长率(SGR)、蛋白保留率(PRR)与蛋白质效率(PER)先升高后降低; 饲料蛋白质含量57.87%组获得最好的生长性能, 52.65%组蛋白质保留率最高。(2)随饲料蛋白质含量升高, 黄鳝血清中尿素氮(BUN)含量升高, 谷丙转氨酶(ALT)和谷草转氨酶(AST)的活性先降低后保持稳定, 总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、高密度脂蛋白(HDL-C)、低密度脂蛋白(LDL-C)及血糖(GLU)含量降低; 丙二醛(MDA)含量呈现先降低后升高的趋势, 在52.65%时最低。(3)随饲料蛋白质含量升高, 黄鳝肝胰脏、胃和肠蛋白酶活性先显著上升后呈缓慢上升趋势; 肝胰脏脂肪酶活性先显著下降后呈缓慢下降趋势, 胃和肠脂肪酶活性各试验组之间无显著性差异; 胃淀粉酶活性无显著差异, 肝胰脏和肠呈先显著下降后缓慢降低的趋势。综上: 当饲料蛋白质含量低时, 黄鳝会加大摄食量满足蛋白质需求, 在饲料蛋白质含量过高时, 氧化应激增加, 黄鳝通过降低摄食量减少蛋白质摄入。以WGR、PER、SGR及饲料系数(FCR)为评价指标确定幼鳝对饲料蛋白质的适宜需求量为48.51%—52.60%。     

Occurrence of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda: Dracunculoidea) in Japanese eels Anguilla japonica from a river and an aquaculture unit in SW Taiwan

The infection by swimbladder nematodes of the genus Anguillicola (Dracunculoidea: Anguillicolidae) was examined in 2 populations of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica in SW Taiwan. Wild eels from the Kao-Ping river were compared with cultured eels from an adjacent aquaculture unit. Only the cosmopolitan species Anguillicola crassus was present. Among wild eels, prevalence of infection varied between 21 and 62%, and mean intensity between 1.7 and 2.7 for adult worms. Similar intensity values (1.3 to 2.8) were recorded for the larvae. In cultured eels, prevalence as well as mean intensities were higher. In the cultured hosts, mean larval intensities exceeded those of adult worms 2-fold, and maximum larval intensities were 4- to 5-fold higher than in eels from the river. In cultured eels, dead larvae were also more abundant than in wild eels. We conclude that infrapopulations of A. crassus in Japanese eels are regulated by the defense system of this host, intraspecific density-dependent regulation being less likely as the major regulatory mechanism. No influence of the parasite on eel condition was found in either wild or cultured eels, indicating a low or moderate pathogenic effect of A. crassus on this host. This study shows that A. crassus is moderately common in cultured and wild Japanese eels in Taiwan, where the parasite is endemic.     

Positivity and intensity of Gnathostoma spinigerum infective larvae in farmed and wild-caught swamp eels in Thailand

From July 2008 to June 2009, livers of the swamp eels (Monopterus alba) were investigated for advanced third-stage larvae (AL3) of Gnathostoma spinigerum. Results revealed that 10.2% (106/1,037) and 20.4% (78/383) of farmed eels from Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province and those of wild-caught eels obtained from a market in Min Buri District of Bangkok, Thailand were infected, respectively. The prevalence was high during the rainy and winter seasons. The infection rate abruptly decreased in the beginning of summer. The highest infection rate (13.7%) was observed in September and absence of infection (0%) in March-April in the farmed eels. Whereas, in the wild-caught eels, the highest rate (30.7%) was observed in November, and the rate decreased to the lowest at 6.3% in March. The average no. (mean±SE) of AL3 per investigated liver in farmed eels (1.1±0.2) was significantly lower (P=0.040) than those in the caught eels (0.2±0.03). In addition, the intensity of AL3 recovered from each infected liver varied from 1 to 18 (2.3±0.3) in the farmed eels and from 1 to 47 (6.3±1.2) in the caught eels, respectively. The AL3 intensity showed significant difference (P=0.011) between these 2 different sources of eels. This is the first observation that farmed eels showed positive findings of G. spinigerum infective larvae. This may affect the standard farming of the culture farm and also present a risk of consuming undercooked eels from the wild-caught and farmed eels.     

Ecological factors influencing the composition of the parasite fauna of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), in Ireland

The parasites of 121 eels from three contrasting sites in the Corrib catchment area, western Ireland, were investigated. Thirteen species, Ergasilus gibbus, Diplostomum gasierostei, Diplostomum spathaceum, Sphaerostoma bramae. Bothrocephalus claviceps, Proteocephalus macrocephalus, Camallanus lacustris, Cucullanus truttae, Paraquimperia tenerrima, Raphidascaris acus, Acanthocephalus clavula, Acanthocephalus lucii and Pomphorhynchus laevis , were recorded. Two species, P. macrocephalus and P. tenerrima , have not previously been reported from Ireland. Microhabitat preferences of the parasites were noted. Variations in the occurrence and intensities of the parasites observed were analyzed in relation to sampling period, host habitat and characteristics of the eel populations studied. A variety of factors were shown to be of importance, including composition of the fish communities and distributional patterns of intermediate hosts and piscivorous birds. Differences were noted in the parasit-ocoenoses of eels in still and running water sites. The occurrence and intensities of infection of several parasite species were shown to be related to age and size of host: the occurrence of B. claviceps. C. truttae, P. tenerrima and R. acus was shown to be related to either age or size of eels, which is accounted for by the fact that eels become increasingly piscivorous with age and increasing size. Little evidence of interspecific interactions was noted.     

Distribution and prevalence of Anguillicola crassus in eels from the tidal Thames catchmentb

Data gathered between 1988 and 1992 document the spread of the parasitic nematode Anguillicola crassus among eels in the tidal Thames catchment. Eel samples revealed a parasite prevalence ranging between 12 and 32% with a variation in intensity of infection of between one and five nematodes per infected host. Differences in the salinity regime between sampling points may be linked to the range of levels of infection in eels because of the saline tolerance limits of parasite developmental stages. The euryhaline teleost, the smelt ( Osmerus eperlanus ) found throughout the tidal river has been shown by others to be able to transfer nematode larval stages experimentally to large eels. Smelt found in the tidal Thames thus could possibly act as a further intermediate host to the eel population. The results support the theories proposed by previous workers that the parasite originally entered the tidal Thames via the commercial trade in live eels.     

Vaccination of eels (Anguilla japonica and Anguilla anguilla) against Anguillicola crassus with irradiated L3

The original host of the swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus, the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) and the recently colonized European eel (Anguilla anguilla) were immunized with 40 irradiated (500 Gy) 3rd-stage larvae (L3) of this parasite and challenged with an infection of 40 normal L3. The immunization induced a significant reduction of the number of adult worms developing from the challenge infection in A. japonica, but not in A. anguilla. The induced resistance (calculated using the relation of the number of adult worms in immunized eels and in non-immunized control eels) in A. japonica was 87.3%+/-30.4%. Following a single infection, the percentage of adult worms found in A. japonica was lower as compared to A. anguilla, and the few adult worms were much smaller, revealing a lower susceptibility of A. japonica to A. crassus in comparison to A. anguilla. Both eel species developed an antibody response against A. crassus, but the level of antibody responses was not positively correlated with the protection against infection, suggesting that the antibody response is not a key element in resistance of eels against A. crassus. This study suggests that the original host of A. crassus is able to mount efficient protective immune responses against its parasite, whereas the newly acquired host seems to lack this ability.     

Regional variation and the effect of lake: river area on sex distribution of American eels

Silver phase American eels, Anguilla rostrata , were collected while migrating from five rivers in Maine, U.S.A. Sex ratios varied from 49 to 98% male for these rivers and had a range of 46% over a 30 km distance between the mouths of three rivers. The proportion of male eels was inversely related to the amount of lacustrine habitat in the five drainage areas ( r =−0·95, P =0·014). A combination of these sex ratios and published data from two Nova Scotia rivers showed large variation in the proportion of male eels within 1° of latitude. Thus, the hypothesis from the literature that the distribution of the sexes is dependent upon distance of larval transport was not supported. Eels migrating from lacustrine habitats within a river were predominately female, while eels migrating from fluvial habitats were predominately male, regardless of upstream distance. Apparently river habitat influences the distribution of the sexes and may play a role in sex determination.