Hysterothylacium aduncum, the only anisakid parasite of sardines (Sardina pilchardus) from the southern and eastern coasts of Spain.
An epidemiological study was carried out on the anisakids in sardines (Sardina pilchardus) from the southern (Atlantic and Mediterranean) and eastern coasts of Spain. Length of fish was from 12.2-21.0 cm. The anisakids found were identified as the third larval stage (L3) of Hysterothylacium aduncum, with a total prevalence of 11.85%. Prevalence within the host was 9.64% in viscera and 4.69 % in muscle. The highest infection parameters were found in fish from the east coast (western Balearic Sea) with prevalence of 25.21%, mean intensity of 2.10, and mean abundance of 0.52. No worms of the genus Anisakis were found in the 359 sardines analyzed.
Rello
Francisco Javier
FJ
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Laboratorio de Sanidad y Producción Animal, Junta de Andalucía, Santa Fe, Granada, Spain.
Adroher
Francisco Javier
FJ
Valero
Adela
A
D000818:Animals; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014781:Viscera / Q000469:parasitology
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