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Accession number:

373

Host species (latin):

Scomber scombrus

Common name:

Mackerel

Disease/condition:

Trematode infection

Location (host):

Muscle

Aetiology:

Halvorsenius exilis

Aetiology:

Halvorsenius exilis

Additional Information:

See Pascual et al., 2006. Host-parasite interaction of a muscle-infecting didymozoid in the Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus L. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 63: 169-175.

Significance:

Widespread in mackerel during 1985

Lession:

Cross sections of H. exilis egg masses within the muscle. Adult parasites have disappeared. Limited host response consisting on a layer of fibrocytes surrounding the parasites.

Stains:

Location:

Chesil Bank

Area:

Dorset

Country:

Submitter:

D. Bucke

Accession date:

5/30/1985

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