A STEINHAUSIA-LIKE INFECTION IN THE OVOCYTES OF SYDNEY ROCK OYSTERS SACCOSTREA-COMMERCIALIS

Authors
ANDERSON TJ HINE PM LESTER RJG
Citation
Tj. Anderson et al., A STEINHAUSIA-LIKE INFECTION IN THE OVOCYTES OF SYDNEY ROCK OYSTERS SACCOSTREA-COMMERCIALIS, Diseases of aquatic organisms, 22(2), 1995, pp. 143-146
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences",Zoology,"Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Diseases of aquatic organisms → ACNP
ISSN journal
01775103
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
143 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0177-5103(1995)22:2<143:ASIITO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A low intensity Steinhausia-like infection was observed in histologica l sections of the gonads of 7 out of 10 female Sydney rock oysters Sac costrea commercialis obtained from a farm in Queensland, Australia. Pa rasitophorous vacuoles occurred within the nucleus and cytoplasm of ov ocytes and contained up to 18 unicells (in cross section). Infection c aused an intense hemocyte infiltration. The parasite may cause problem s in S. commercialis culture at higher infection intensities.