LÄÄNE-EESTI VETE LESTA
laevis are well known
pathogens of flounder and other fish. D. spathaceum matacercariae infect the lens of
fish, causing blindness and a subsequent inability to find food.
P. laevis can cause mass invasions. The fish intestine shows gross lesions and other
organs can be damaged too.
A. anguillae have also been found in flounder before, but this thorn-headed worm
infects mostly predatory fish.
Tapeworm S. pungitii plerocercoid stage is common in stickleback (three-spined
stickleback and nine-spined stickleback). The plerocercoid in flounder indicates that
flounder might have ingested stickleback with parasite infestations
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KASUTATUD KIRJANDUS
Andryk, L.V. Life cycle of development of Acanthocephalus anguillae. 1979.
Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 58(2), 168-174
Baer, J.G. Ecology of Animal Parasites. 1951. The University of Illinois Press,
Illinois.
Bauer, A., Trouvé, S., Grégoire, A., Bollache, L., ezilly, F. 2000
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