title: Treatment of Microcotyle sebastis (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) infestation with praziquantel in an experimental cage simulating commercial rockfish Sebastes schlegeli culture conditions.
abstract: The antiparasitic efficacy of praziquantel against the blood-sucking polyopisthocotylean Microcotyle sebastis was tested in an experimental cage simulating commercial rockfish-culture conditions. Juvenile rockfish Sebastes schlegeli were separated into 4 pilot net-pens, and the fish in the groups were either fed a control diet (Group C), fed a praziquantel-adsorbed diet (Group F), bathed in 100 ppm praziquantel for 4 min (Group B), or bathed in 100 ppm praziquantel for 4 min and then fed a praziquantel-adsorbed diet (Group BF). The results of the present study indicate that feeding a praziquantel-adsorbed diet significantly reduces the abundance of M. sebastis infestation, and bathing in 100 ppm praziquantel for 4 min is effective for controlling M. sebastis infestation in practical rockfish culture systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, College of Fisheries Science, Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea. khkim@pknu.ac.kr
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000287:Administration, Topical; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017756:Aquaculture; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000187:drug effects*; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D011223:Praziquantel