The development of Philonema oncorhynchi (Nematoda: Philometridae) in Cyclops bicuspidatus in relation to temperature

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Ko ◽  
James R. Adams

Development of Philonema oncorhynchi was followed in Cyclops bicuspidatus kept at 4°, 10°, and 15 °C. The nematode molted twice in the haemocoel of copepods. Three larval stages are described. The final size of the infective stage was unaffected by temperature. The rate of larval development was directly proportional to temperature between 4° and 15 °C. An increase of 5 °C halved the rate. The significance of these findings to the natural infection of sockeye salmon in Cultus Lake, British Columbia, is discussed.The development of P. agubernaculum from the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, was studied at 10 °C by the same methods. Morphological features and rate of development were similar to those of P. oncorhynchi.


1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda Lei Ching

Larval stages of tapeworms were found encysted in the livers of the following fish: 77% of 87 Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), kokanee; 22% of 111 Salmo gairdneri (Richardson), rainbow trout; 13% of 113 Ptychocheilus oregonensis (Richardson), northern squawfish; 3% of 98 Prosopium williamsoni (Girard), mountain whitefish; and 2% of 85 Cottus asper (Richardson), prickly sculpin. The metacestodes were identified to be that of Paradilepis simoni from the number, size, and shape of the rostellar hooks.



1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilda Lei Ching

As a result of experimental infections in chicks, diplostomula found in the retina of chinook salmon from the Nechako River were identified as Diplostomum (Diplostomum) baeri bucculentum. Eyeflukes in other salmonids were considered to be the same species based on similar measurements and site in the eyes. These eyeflukes varied in prevalence and mean intensity in seven salmonid species surveyed in nine localities in 1979–1981. The following fish were sampled: rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri), 505; mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), 334; lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), 32; Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), 66; lake trout (S. namaycush), 13; kokanee or sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), 323; and chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), 164. Eyeflukes had prevalences ranging from 84 to 100% in six lakes, 64% in the river, 53% in one reservoir site, and a prevalence of 15% in the other reservoir site. Mountain and lake whitefishes had high mean intensities while kokanee had low mean intensities. Correlation of increased intensity with increased fish size was significant for 6 of 27 samples. Four samples of lake whitefish, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, and chinook salmon showed significant asymmetry when numbers of diplostomula were compared between eyes. More of the heavily infected fish showed asymmetry than did the lightly infected fish.



1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (S1) ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.L. Kent ◽  
M. Higgins ◽  
D.J. Whitaker ◽  
H. Yokoyama

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD), caused by the PKX myxosporean, was observed in kokanee salmon (non-anadromous sockeye salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka) and chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) collected from the Puntledge River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia in July 1993. This is the first report of a natural infection of PKX in either captive or wild sockeye salmon. All 14 underyearling kokanee salmon and the one underyearling chinook salmon exhibited numerous PKX organisms and associated chronic inflammation in the renal interstitium. Thirty-eight percent of sexually mature kokanee salmon collected in the autumn of 1993 from Comox Lake (which drains into the Puntledge River) were infected with Sphaerospora oncorhynchi, Kent, Whitaker and Margolis, 1993 in the renal tubules, while immature cutthroat trout (O. clarki) and coho salmon (O. kisutch) from the same collection did not exhibit myxosporean spores in the kidney. The kidneys of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) collected from the Puntledge River during the summer were all infected with a Myxobilatus sp., but no organisms suggestive of PKX or Sphaerospora were observed. This study further supports the hypothesis that PKX is a developmental stage of S. oncorhynchi, which may sporulate only in sexually mature salmonids.



1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1458-1462 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Hartman

A wild population of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) was observed during spawning in the Lardeau River in southeastern British Columbia, in April and May in 1966 and 1967. Nest digging in the first few days of spawning in 1967 was predominantly nocturnal, but diurnal nest digging increased until activity was nearly steady around the clock.Rate of digging (digging bouts per 10-min interval) averaged near five before spawning, rose sharply immediately after spawning, and then decreased. The number of body flexures per bout of digging was near six before spawning, decreased sharply right after spawning, and then rose progressively over a 50-min period. Touching or feeling the bottom of the nest was frequent before spawning and decreased after. The effect of internal stimuli (egg release) and tactile stimuli on digging behavior is considered.



1976 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Ginetz ◽  
P. A. Larkin

Predation of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) on migrant sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fry in experimental streams was higher on fry at an earlier development stage, in moonlight by contrast to cloudy night light intensities, at lesser turbidities, and at lower stream velocities. At dusk light intensities, from.05 to.30 ft-c, mortality from predation was inversely related to light intensity. The longer the period of exposure of fry to naturally declining light intensities prior to downstream movement, the lower was the loss to predators. Exposure of predators to high light intensities prior to the downstream movement of fry resulted in decreased fry mortality. Fry that had survived exposure to predators in an experimental stream 1 and 2 days previous were less vulnerable to predation than "naive" fry. Successive exposures further decreased the loss to predation. Fry enumerated at a counting fence suffered less predation than fry not enumerated. Experienced fry moved downstream more rapidly than naive fry.In laboratory aquaria, experienced fry formed compact schools prior to and in response to stimuli, while naive fry formed loose schools or did not school. Experienced fry were less active in responding to stimuli. Enumerated fry resembled experienced fry; nonenumerated fry resembled naive fry.Various techniques of enhancing sockeye salmon fry survival during downstream migration are suggested by these results.



1935 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine F. L. Hart

The larval stages of four species of crabs inhabiting British Columbia are described from series obtained by hatching eggs in the laboratory. In the development of Lophopanopeus bellus (Stimpson) there are found to be four zoeal stages, of Pinnotheres taylori Rathbun two, and of Hemigrapsus nudus (Dana) and H. oregonensis (Dana) five. There is only one megalopal stage in each of the species.



1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine F. L. Hart

The larval stages of two species of spider crabs from British Columbia are described from eggs hatched in the laboratory. Both Oregonia gracilis Dana and Hyas lyratus Dana were found to have two zoeal stages before the megalopal.



1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1578-1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. P. T. Evelyn ◽  
G. E. Hoskins ◽  
G. R. Bell

A confirmed case of bacterial kidney disease in a sports-caught rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) from Loon Lake, British Columbia, is reported. The case represents the first record of this disease in an apparently wild fish in this province. Descriptions of the affected trout and of the causative bacterium are provided.



1968 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1465-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf H. M. Fagerlund ◽  
J. R. McBride ◽  
Edward M. Donaldson

Metopirone (SU 4885), an inhibitor of 11β-hydroxylation of adrenocorticosteroids, was administered intramuscularly to adult castrated sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and intact rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Marked hypertrophy of interrenal cells pointed to an increase in the activity of the interrenal tissue of both species. Increased cortisol concentrations in trout at low dosage levels of metopirone suggested that the drug was stressful. However, decreased concentrations at higher dosage levels in trout, and decreased cortisol concentrations in all salmon indicated that the drug was also exerting a marked inhibitory effect on 11β-hydroxylation. In salmon, a repository ACTH preparation (acthar) brought about interrenal hypertrophy similar to that produced by metopirone. Metopirone also induced degranulation and hyperplasia of the cells of the palisade-like layer in the rostral region of the pars distalis in both species of fish. These cells were the only cell type of the pars distalis that were stained with lead-haematoxylin. The evidence indicates that they are the corticotrops.



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