Moore, Alec B. M.. (2001) Metazoan parasites of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and their potential as stock discrimination tools. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Vol.81 (No.6). pp. 1009-1013. ISSN 0025-3154

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Abstract

The metazoan parasites of 101 lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula from locations off the coast of England (Plymouth and the eastern Solent) and Wales (Cardigan Bay) were surveyed and assessed for their potential as stock discrimination tools. A total of ten parasite species was found using a relatively rapid host examination technique suitable for non-parasitologists. On the basis of established criteria, larval anisakid nematodes and the copepod Lernaeopoda galei were selected as being potentially useful as stock discrimination tools. The monogeneans Leptocotyle minor and Hexabothrium appendiculatum may be suitable as markers following further investigation of their response to handling stress.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Scyliorhinus canicula -- Diseases and pests, Fishes -- Parasites, Fish culture, Fishes -- Quality
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0025-3154
Date:	December 2001
Volume:	Vol.81
Number:	No.6
Page Range:	pp. 1009-1013
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0025315401004982
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), University of Warwick
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/813

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