First Report of Blood Fluke Pathogens with Potential Risk for Emerging Yellowtail Kingfish (<i>Seriola lalandi</i>) Aquaculture on the Chilean Coast, with Descriptions of Two New Species of <i>Paradeontacylix</i> (Aporocotylidae)

Blood flukes are digeneans that infect wild and farmed fish that can cause a severe and potentially lethal disease in farmed fish. These parasites are undetectable in the larval stage based on macroscopic observations in the definitive host with the infection becoming evident when eggs accumulate in...

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Main Authors: Fabiola A. Sepúlveda, Luis A. Ñacari, Maria Teresa González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Pathogens
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/7/849