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First Record of a Polypodium sp. Parasitizing Eggs of Shovelnose Sturgeon from the Wabash River, Indiana
Author(s) -
Sepúlveda Maria S.,
Stefanavage Tom,
Goforth Reuben
Publication year - 2010
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/h09-018.1
Subject(s) - biology , sturgeon , zoology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
This article reports the presence of an endocellular parasite, Polypodium sp., in the eggs of shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus from the Wabash River, Indiana. The parasite was detected in 18% (2/11) of adult female sturgeon necropsied in April 2008. This constitutes the first record of this parasite in this host and in Indiana. The implications for the quality of the caviar remain unknown at this time.