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.
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England.
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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