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The Acute Toxicity of Praziquantel to Grass Carp and Golden Shiners
Author(s) -
Mitchell Andrew J.,
Hobbs Melissa S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
north american journal of aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1548-8454
pISSN - 1522-2055
DOI - 10.1577/a06-056.1
Subject(s) - praziquantel , biology , grass carp , anthelmintic , cyprinidae , fish <actinopterygii> , acute toxicity , fishery , carp , toxicity , cestoda , toxicology , veterinary medicine , zoology , helminths , medicine , schistosomiasis
Abstract The acute toxicity and highest nonlethal concentration of praziquantel (LC0) were determined in the laboratory for grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella and golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas , two cyprinids known to harbor the Asian tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi . Praziquantel is an anthelmintic used to treat fish with tapeworms. The 24‐h and 96‐h LC50 values were 55.1 and 49.7 mg/L for golden shiners (1.3 g) and 63.4 and 60.6 mg/L for grass carp (9.1 g). The 24‐h and 96‐h LC0 values were 50.0 and 45.0 mg/L for golden shiners and 60.0 and 60.0 mg/L for grass carp.