Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Volume 3 Issue 3_4
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- Pages.228-229
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- 2000
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- 2234-1757(eISSN)
The first report of Trypanosoma sp. (Sarcomastigophora: Kinetoplastida) infecting catfish, Silurus asotus (Siluriformes: Siluridae) from Hyungsangang (River), Korea
- Jee Bo-Young (Pathology Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Kim Yi-Cheong (Pathology Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
- Bang Jong-Duek (Pathology Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
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Kim Ki Hong
(Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, College of Fisheries Sciences, Pukyong National University)
- Published : 2000.12.01
Abstract
Trypanosoma sp. (Sarcomastigophora: Kinetoplastida) was found in the blood of the Korean catfish, Silurus asotus, for the first time in Korea. The morphological characteristics of Trypanosoma sp. in the present study were similar with those of T. carassii, T. tincae and T. danilewskyi. However, the free flagellum length of Trypanosoma sp. was obviously shorter than that of those species. The species identification was reserved until elucidating the pleomor-phism according to the phase of infection and the cross infectivity among fish species.