Global distribution of platyhelminth parasites and their host specificities are not well known.
Our hypothesis was that platyhelminth parasites of large pelagic fishes are common around …

Rapid development of fish culture in marine cages has been associated with an emergence
of parasitic diseases. There is a general trend to an increase in infections with ectoparasites …

Infestations of blood flukes of the genus Cardicola have been observed in juvenile Pacific
bluefin tuna (PBT) cultured in Japan. Infected fish harbor large numbers of parasite eggs in …

Abstract Among Mediterranean fishes, the Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT, Thunnus thynnus) is
remarkably well adapted to its habitat. Many consider it and its relatives to be physiological …

A new sanguinicolid blood fluke, Cardicola orientalis n. sp., is described from the afferent
branchial artery and heart of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel) …

Tuna (Thunnus spp.) has been characterized by long distance migrations, highly predatory
behavior and longevity, all of which in turn, enable infections with a wide spectrum of …

Materials and Methods From winter 2003 to summer 2006, a total of 183 bluefin tuna from
three Adriatic facilities was sampled randomly at three different time intervals: at the time of …

Blood flukes of the genus Cardicola Short, 1953 are considered the most potentially
pathogenic parasites in bluefin tuna cultures. Morphological study and genetic analyses of …

Peaks in epizootics of sea lice (mostly Caligus chiastos) and blood flukes (Cardicola forsteri)
among Southern Bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) appear to coincide with the onset of an …

In this study, adaptive immune response was investigated in farmed southern bluefin tuna,
Thunnus maccoyii, infected with a sanguinicolid Cardicola forsteri. A cohort (Cohort2005) of …