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Experimental infection/transmission of sculpins (Myoxocephalus scorpius) and cod (Gadus morhua) by sealworm (Pseudoterranova decipiens) larvae

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Five serial transmission experiments with sealworm larvae were carried out. Pseudoterranova decipiens third-stage larvae (L3) were transferred via a stomach tube from sculpin to cod, from cod to sculpin, from sculpin to sculpin, and from cod to cod. After a minimum of 37 days the recipient fish were killed and the numbers of surviving P. decipiens larvae were recorded. P. decipiens transferred to sculpins showed the greatest rate of survival.

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  1. Zoological Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, , , , , , NO

    Tor Jensen

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Received: 25 September 1996 / Accepted: 30 October 1996

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Jensen, T. Experimental infection/transmission of sculpins (Myoxocephalus scorpius) and cod (Gadus morhua) by sealworm (Pseudoterranova decipiens) larvae. Parasitol Res 83, 380–382 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050266

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