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DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Volume 128, Issue 1, Pages 21-35Publisher
INTER-RESEARCH
DOI: 10.3354/dao03198
Keywords
Labridae; Cleaner fish; Biocontrol; Salmon louse; Ichthyobodo; Paramoeba; Hatschekia spp.; Candidatus Similichlamydia labri; Microsporidia; Trichodinids; Fish welfare
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- Norwegian Seafood Research Fund, FHF [901053]
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The objective of this study was to identify gill pathogens in Labridae (wrasse) species used as cleaner fish to control salmon louse in western Norwegian aquaculture. Wrasse are often moved over long distances, raising issues of fish health, welfare and pathogen transmission. Histological examination and real-time RT-PCR analysis of the gills from Centrolabrus exoletus, Ctenolabrus rupestris, Labrus bergylta, L. mixtus and Symphodus melops revealed several pathogens: a new species of Ichthyobodo, Paramoeba perurans, microsporidia, trichodinids, Hatschekia spp., Candidatus Similichlamydia labri and 2 putative new species of Chlamydiae. Cand. S. labri or closely related bacteria were present on most wrasse specimens. Epitheliocysts on the gills of L. mixtus contained large inclusions (120 mu m) with actiniae radiating from the inclusion membrane. A possible member of the Candidatus family Parilichlamydiaceae was present at a high prevalence on the gills of L. mixtus, L. bergylta and C. rupestris. Sequencing the 16S rRNA gene showed 93.9% similarity to Cand. S. labri and 96.8% similarity to Cand. Parilichlamydia carangidicola from the gills of Seriola lalandi. This bacterium probably represents a new species within the order Chlamydiales, family Cand. Parilichlamydiaceae. The other Chlamydiae detected on gills of S. melops could represent a new species in Cand. genus Syngnamydia. Ichthyobodo sp. and Paranucleospora theridion were detected on the gills of nearly all individuals, while Paramoeba spp. were detected on the gills of L. bergylta and L. mixtus. Trichodinids, micro sporidia and parasitic copepods had low prevalence. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus was not detected.
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