Influencia de la edad en la susceptibilidad a la afanomicosis del cangrejo señal Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852)
The signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) is an American species that was introduced into Spanish rivers. This species carries the fungus responsible for aphanomycosis, Aphanomyces astaci (Schikora), and can transmit it to the native European crayfish species. Although P. leniusculus...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/319978 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/319978 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Aphanomyces astaci Medio Marino sistema inmune Infección experimental |
| Sumario: | The signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) is an American species that was introduced into Spanish rivers. This species carries the fungus responsible for aphanomycosis, Aphanomyces astaci (Schikora), and can transmit it to the native European crayfish species. Although P. leniusculus is often a carrier of this fungus, it generally does not suffer from aphanomycosis; however, if individuals are under stressful conditions, such as the presence of another pathogen or parasite, the chronic infection can develop into an acute, fatal condition. The present paper describes an experiment in which four groups of P. leniusculus, of different ages, were exposed to A. astaci zoospores, in order to compare differences in susceptibility. Our results show that P. leniusculus can die of this disease at concentrations formerly considered sublethal for this species, and also that crayfish juveniles can suffer from this disease. However, significant inter-group differences were not found. |
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