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Observations of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, infected with Cryptobia salmostica
Author(s) -
LoweJinde L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1980.tb02739.x
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , glycogen , salmo , biology , spleen , lactic acid , medicine , zoology , endocrinology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , immunology , bacteria , genetics
Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri , were experimentally infected with Cryptobia salmositica . The parasitaemia was associated with increases in the size of the spleen, liver and heart (% body weight). The splenomegaly was pronounced and was often 600‐fold larger. The amounts of blood lactic acid and lactic dehydrogenase in the infected and control fish were similar. However, glycogen levels of the liver, heart and epaxial muscle declined. Liver glycogen levels were most affected and decreased to values which represented 20% of the control values. The pattern of the glycogen levels of the liver, heart and epaxial muscle declined to rise to normal values by day 56 post‐inoculation. Thus, the glycogen levels both paralleled the acute parasitaemia and the subsequent partial recovery of the infected fish as they tolerated a low chronic parasitaemia.