A global review of problematic and pathogenic parasites of farmed tilapia

AP Shinn, A Avenant‐Oldewage… - Reviews in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 80 years, tilapia have been translocated globally for aquaculture; active
production is recorded in> 124 countries. Of 7 million tonnes of tilapia produced in …

Current knowledge on use of essential oils as alternative treatment against fish parasites

M Tavares-Dias - Aquatic Living Resources, 2018 - alr-journal.org
This review article focuses on current knowledge about in vitro and in vivo experimentation
relating to use of essential oils (EOs) to combat fish parasites. In addition, we discuss the …

Sharing is caring? Barcoding suggests co-introduction of dactylogyrid monogeneans with Nile tilapia and transfer towards native tilapias in sub-Saharan Africa

M Geraerts, T Huyse, M Barson, H Bassirou… - International Journal for …, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive Nile tilapias negatively impact native tilapia species through hybridisation and
competition. However, the co-introduction of parasites with Nile tilapia, and subsequent …

Anthelminthic efficacy of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil (Poaceae) against monogenean parasites of Colossoma macropomum (Serrasalmidae), and blood and …

APPF Gonzales, ETO Yoshioka, PD Mathews… - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the in vitro and in vivo anthelminthic efficacy, histopathological and
hematological effects of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil (EO) in Colossoma …

Feral parasites: African monogeneans recorded in ferine Nile tilapia in Oaxaca, Mexico

CD Pinacho-Pinacho, J Sánchez-Angeles… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Monogenean parasites associated to cultured Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus have been
co-introduced globally. In this survey, we assessed how prevalent these ectoparasites are in …

Molecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with Nile tilapia in the Congo Basin

M Jorissen, MPM Vanhove, A Pariselle… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2022 - Springer
Nile tilapia, one of the most popular aquaculture species worldwide, has been introduced
into the Congo Basin several times for aquaculture purposes. Previous studies based on …

Triple trouble? Invasive poeciliid fishes carry the introduced tilapia pathogen Gyrodactylus cichlidarum in the Mexican highlands

A García-Vásquez, U Razo-Mendivil… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
As part of ongoing surveys of the gyrodactylid parasite fauna of freshwater fishes in Mexico,
we recorded the infection of three species of poeciliids (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliopsis …

Morpho-molecular characterization of Gyrodactylus parasites of farmed tilapia and their spillover to native fishes in Mexico

A García-Vásquez, CD Pinacho-Pinacho… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Translocation of fishes for aquaculture has resulted in the co-introduction of some of their
parasites. African cichlid fishes, generically called “tilapias” have been introduced …

Modelling species distributions to predict areas at risk of invasion by the exotic aquatic New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray 1843)

MV Alexandre da Silva, JV Nunes Souza… - Freshwater …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The use of bioclimatic models to predict areas subject to invasion by exotic species has
been important in the development of preventive conservation measures. The native New …

The genome, transcriptome, and proteome of the fish parasite Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala)

K Mauer, SL Hellmann, M Groth, AC Fröbius… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Thorny-headed worms (Acanthocephala) are endoparasites exploiting Mandibulata
(Arthropoda) and Gnathostomata (Vertebrata). Despite their world-wide occurrence and …