Parasitic infection of the seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)--a case report.
This report details the development of a microsporidan infection in a colony of seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) caused by Glugea heraldi. Of 76 animals imported from Florida Bay (USA), two survived. A myxosporidan (Sphaeromyxa sp.) and an unidentified nematode infection were also diagnosed in the same colony, but these infections were not considered important, causative factors in the mortalities.
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England.
Clifton-Hadley
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D013045:Species Specificity