Physiological condition of Eastern Baltic cod, Gadus morhua, infected with the parasitic nematode Contracaecum osculatum | Zendy

Marie Plambech Ryberg | Zendy; Peter Vilhelm Skov | Zendy; Niccolò Vendramin | Zendy; Kurt Buchmann | Zendy; Anders Nielsen | Zendy; Jane W. Behrens | Zendy

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Physiological condition of Eastern Baltic cod, Gadus morhua, infected with the parasitic nematode Contracaecum osculatum

Author(s) -

Marie Plambech Ryberg,

Peter Vilhelm Skov,

Niccolò Vendramin,

Kurt Buchmann,

Anders Nielsen,

Jane W. Behrens

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coaa093

Subject(s) - gadus , biology , nematode , baltic sea , fishery , zoology , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , geology

The nutritional condition; the energy turnover; the body, liver and plasma composition; and the digestive organ masses were evaluated in relation to varying infection densities with liver worm in Eastern Baltic cod. We show that fish with high infection load with this parasitic nematode have severely compromised physiological condition and poor health status.

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