<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During an ichthyological study of the Ilova River, rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) infected with Posthodiplostomum cuticola was observed for the first time in Croatia. Later, a more detailed study was made at the same sampling point and the distribution of P. cuticola in the fish species present was examined. The condition of the hosts and parasitological indices such as prevalence, mean abundance and mean intensity of all hosts examined were investigated. Metacercariae of P. cuticola were most prevalent (100 %) in Rutilus rutilus, Pseudorasbora parva, Leuciscus leuciscus and Alburnus alburnus, slightly lower (93.94 %) in Leuciscus cephalus, substantially lower in Rhodeus amarus (66.67 %) and Barbatula barbatula (50 %) while the lowest prevalence was found in Gobio gobio (47.83 %). The correlation coefficient between number of parasites and total and standard length, weight and Fulton’s condition index of sampled specimen was significant only for L. cephalus.</p></abstract>

During an ichthyological study of the Ilova River, rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) infected with Posthodiplostomum cuticola was observed for the first time in Croatia. Later, a more detailed study was made at the same sampling point and the distribution of P. cuticola in the fish species present was examined. The condition of the hosts and parasitological indices such as prevalence, mean abundance and mean intensity of all hosts examined were investigated. Metacercariae of P. cuticola were most prevalent (100 %) in Rutilus rutilus, Pseudorasbora parva, Leuciscus leuciscus and Alburnus alburnus, slightly lower (93.94 %) in Leuciscus cephalus, substantially lower in Rhodeus amarus (66.67 %) and Barbatula barbatula (50 %) while the lowest prevalence was found in Gobio gobio (47.83 %). The correlation coefficient between number of parasites and total and standard length, weight and Fulton’s condition index of sampled specimen was significant only for L. cephalus.

First observation of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Nordmann, 1832) metacercariae in cypriniformes from Croatia

Department of Pathology, Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska 143, Zagreb, Croatia

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia

Helminthologia

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During an ichthyological study of the Ilova River, rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) infected with Posthodiplostomum cuticola was observed for the first time...

First observation of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Nordmann, 1832) metacercariae in cypriniformes from Croatia

Published Online: Jun 21, 2009

Page range: 112 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0022-y

Keywords
Postohodiplostomum cuticola, Digenea, cypriniformes, prevalence, Ilova river

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

First observation of Posthodiplostomum cuticola (Nordmann, 1832) metacercariae in cypriniformes from Croatia

Published Online: Jun 21, 2009

Page range: 112 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0022-y

KeywordsPostohodiplostomum cuticola, Digenea, cypriniformes, prevalence, Ilova river

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Postohodiplostomum cuticola, Digenea, cypriniformes, prevalence, Ilova river