First record of a Polypodium sp. parasitizing eggs of shovelnose sturgeon from the Wabash River, Indiana.
This article reports the presence of an endocellular parasite, Polypodium sp., in the eggs of shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus from the Wabash River, Indiana. The parasite was detected in 18% (2/11) of adult female sturgeon necropsied in April 2008. This constitutes the first record of this parasite in this host and in Indiana. The implications for the quality of the caviar remain unknown at this time.
Sepúlveda
Maria S
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Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 195 Marsteller Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. mssepulv@purdue.edu
Stefanavage
Tom
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Goforth
Reuben
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005399:Fishes; D037402:Hydrozoa; D007196:Indiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D010053:Ovary; D010063:Ovum / Q000469:parasitology*; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D045483:Rivers