title: Hysterothylacium aduncum, the only anisakid parasite of sardines (Sardina pilchardus) from the southern and eastern coasts of Spain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Laboratorio de Sanidad y Producción Animal, Junta de Andalucía, Santa Fe, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Rello
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Adroher
authors.forename: Adela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valero
mesh_terms: 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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