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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785109603321

Autore

Eisenbarth Albert

Titolo

Occurrence of intestinal fish parasites in Australia : Identification of anisakid nematodes in commercially available fish species from south Australian waters / / Albert Eisenbarth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2009

ISBN

3-8366-3018-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (86 pages)

Disciplina

572.8293

Soggetti

Fishes - Parasites - Australia

Anisakis - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Occurrence of intestinal fish parasites in Australia; Table of Contents; Acknowledgement; Abbreviations and symbols; Abstract; Zusammenfassung; Chapter 1 Literature review; Chapter 2 Material and Methods; Chapter 3 Results; Chapter 4 Discussion; References; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

Background: Nematodes of the family Anisakidae are parasites of marine organisms, such as fish and sea mammals, pose a threat to humans and cause the disease anisakiasis. In Australia, little has been done to evaluate the risk of exposure for consumers of infected fish to these parasites. The aim of the present study is to partially address this gap by a small-scale survey of five local fish species from southern Australia destined for consumption.Methods: Fish were collected and examined for intestinal worms, including anisakids.