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|q1= What kind of parasite are sea lice and what do they feed upon?
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|q1= Name some species of fish nematodes that are zoonotic and how do humans become infected and what are the clinical signs?
|a1= Sea lice are arthropod parasites which feed on blood.
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|l1= Sea Lice#Introduction
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The ingestion of uncooked infected fish meat with nematodes such as:
|q2= How can female and male lice be told apart?
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*''Anguillicola''
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* ''Philometra''
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*''Skrjabillanus''
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* ''Anisakis''
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Causes stomach cramps and abdominal pain.
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|l1= Fish Nematodes#Introduction
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|q2= Once ingested by humans, what activates nematode larvae?
 
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*Females are much larger
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*high temperatures
*Females have a long egg sac
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* acidic pH
|l2= Sea Lice#Introduction
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* pepsinogen
|q3= How many larval stages are there altogether and how many are parasitic?
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|l2=Fish Nematodes#Introduction
|a3= Nine altogether.
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|q3= What stage of nematode larvae infect fish musculature?
*Seven are parasitic
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|a3=  
|l3= Sea Lice#Lifecycle
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* third-stage larvae
|q4= Which life stages can move about on and between hosts?
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|l3=Fish Nematodes#Signalment
|a4= Pre-adult and adult
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|q4= Apart from fish and humans what other species can the nematodes infect?
|l4= Sea Lice#Lifecycle
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|q5=Which louse is most common in Britain and what fish are affected?
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*'' Cetacea'' (whales, dolphins and porpoises)
|a5= ''C. elongatus'' affects salmonid fish species in the UK.
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*''Phocidae '' (seals) 
|l5= Sea Lice#Distribution
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|l4=Fish Nematodes#Signalment
|q6= How do skin lesions begin and progress?
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|q5= What are the major clinical signs in fish?
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* emaciation
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* anaemia
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* haemorrhage
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* enteritis
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*loss of balance (damage to swim bladder) – fish are often seen floating on their sides.
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*reduced swimming performance and lethargy
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*  fraying of fins and large cutaneous  nodules
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|l5=Fish Nematodes#Clinical Signs
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|q6= Which nematode species can cause atrophy or destruction of gonads?  
 
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*Begin as whitish spots
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* Philonema
*Progress to erosions
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*Philometras
*Can become open wounds
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|l6=Fish Nematodes#Clinical Signs
*Can expose underlying bone
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|q7= What is the name of a fish nematode that causes a greyish discoloration of the liver, with pinhead or larger nodules?
|l6= Sea Lice#Clinical Signs
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|a7='' Schulmanela (Hepaticola) petruschewskiies''
|q7= What opthalmological signs can lice cause?
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|l7=Fish Nematodes#Pathology
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|q8= What is the most accurate way to diagnose species of nematodes?
*Erosions can lead to ulcers
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*Cataracts
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* PCR
*Blindness
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|l8=Fish Nematodes#Diagnosis
|l7= Sea Lice#Clinical Signs
 
|q8= How do sea lice kill fish?
 
|a8= Anaemia and extensive skin damage cause osmoregulatory failure.
 
|l8= Sea Lice#Clinical Signs
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 27 July 2011

Question Answer Article
Name some species of fish nematodes that are zoonotic and how do humans become infected and what are the clinical signs? Link to Article
Once ingested by humans, what activates nematode larvae? Link to Article
What stage of nematode larvae infect fish musculature? Link to Article
Apart from fish and humans what other species can the nematodes infect? Link to Article
What are the major clinical signs in fish? Link to Article
Which nematode species can cause atrophy or destruction of gonads? Link to Article
What is the name of a fish nematode that causes a greyish discoloration of the liver, with pinhead or larger nodules? Link to Article
What is the most accurate way to diagnose species of nematodes? Link to Article