title: First record of Emetha audouini, a cymothoid isopod parasite, from cultured sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax in Greece.
abstract: For the first time, Emetha audouini (Milne Edwards, 1840), a cymothoid isopod, is reported parasitising cage cultured sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L., 1758 in Greece. The specimens observed are larvae (Pulli II). They were found in great numbers in the buccal and branchial cavity of young (3.5 m.o. old) sea bass, in an intensive cage farm facility. This parasite is certainly transferred to sea bass from wild populations of Sparidae or Centracanthidae. Serious lesions were visible and typical of a crustacean infection, with extensive and deep skin damage in the head area. The cumulative mortality, over a 2 wk period, was 10.75%. The parasitic problem was successfully dealt with by optimization of management practices rather than use of costly and dangerous chemotherapeutants.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ichthyology and Fish Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Papapanagiotou
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Trilles
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Photis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D001492:Bass / Q000469:parasitology*; D002610:Cheek / Q000469:parasitology; D003445:Crustacea / Q000254:growth & development*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology