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Perkinsus olseni in the short neck yellow clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz, 1782) from the southwest coast of India

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13427/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022201118300788?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2018.10.001
 
Title Perkinsus olseni in the short neck yellow clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz,
1782) from the southwest coast of India
 
Creator Shamal, P
Zacharia, P U
Binesh, C P
Pranav, P
Suja, G
Asokan, P K
Pradeep, M A
Ranjan, Ritesh
Vijayan, K K
Sanil, N K
 
Subject Clam
Fish Disease
Fish Pathology
Fish Biotechnology
 
Description Parasites of the genus Perkinsus predominantly infect bivalves, and two species among them, P. olseni and P.
marinus, are notifiable to OIE. P. olseni infections are known to cause extensive damage to wild as well as farmed
bivalves globally with enormous implications to its fishery. Consequent to the initiation of a surveillance programme
for aquatic animal diseases in India, Perkinsus infections were observed in many species of bivalves. The
present paper describes P. olseni infections in the short neck yellow clam, Paphia malabarica from the southwest
coast of India. Diagnosis of the parasite was carried out using Ray's Fluid Thioglycollate Medium culture, histology,
in-situ hybridisation and molecular taxonomy. Pathology of infection and development of zoospores is
also described. This forms the first report of a P. olseni infection in P. malabarica. High prevalence and intensity of
infection of Perkinsus in clams raises concerns, as clam reserves in this geographical area sustain fisheries and the
livelihoods of local fishing communities.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13427/1/Journal%20of%20Invertebrate%20Pathology_2018_N%20K%20Sanil_Perkinsus%20infections%20in%20short%20neck%20yellow%20clam%2C%20Paphia%20malabarica%20from%20the%20southwest%20coast%20of%20India.pdf
Shamal, P and Zacharia, P U and Binesh, C P and Pranav, P and Suja, G and Asokan, P K and Pradeep, M A and Ranjan, Ritesh and Vijayan, K K and Sanil, N K (2018) Perkinsus olseni in the short neck yellow clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz, 1782) from the southwest coast of India. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 159. pp. 113-120.