Common Parasitic Diseases of Selected Fish Orders and Families

Common Parasitic Diseases of Selected Fish Orders and Families

Parasite

Cyprinidae

Characiformes

Loricariidae

Cichlidae

Poeciliidae

Osphronemidae

Ciliates

Ichthyophthirius (Ich)

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Chilodonella

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Tetrahymena

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Flagellates

Ichthyobodo

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Piscinoodinium

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Spironucleus

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Cryptobia

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Coccidia

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Myxozoans

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Cestodes

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Monogeneans

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Gyrodactylids

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Ancyrocephalids

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Dactylogyrids

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Nematodes

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Note:Susceptibility of specific families of fish to specific pathogens is implied; however, the absence of mention of a specific pathogen does not mean that other families of fish are not susceptible.

Note:Susceptibility of specific families of fish to specific pathogens is implied; however, the absence of mention of a specific pathogen does not mean that other families of fish are not susceptible.

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