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Development of Immunity by the Tomato Clownfish Amphiprion frenatus to the Dinoflagellate Parasite Amyloodinium ocellatum
Author(s) -
Cobb Charles S.,
Levy Michael G.,
Noga Edward J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8667(1998)010<0259:doibtt>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - biology , parasite hosting , dinoflagellate , immunity , zoology , aquatic animal , parasitic disease , ecology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , disease , immune system , immunology , medicine , pathology , world wide web , computer science
The dinoflagellate Amyloodinium ocellatum , which causes amyloodiniosis or “marine velvet disease,” is one of the most serious ectoparasitic diseases affecting warmwater marine fish culture worldwide. We demonstrated that tomato clownfish Amphiprion frenatus can develop strong immunity to infection following repeated nonlethal parasitic challenges. The protective response is long‐lived and directed against the trophont stage of the parasite.