Influence of water temperature on hatchability and activity power of theront of Ichthy ophthirius multifiliis
ZHANG Qi-zhong1,2, ZHANG Zhan-hui1, CHEN Da-li2, CUI Chao2
1. Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Engineering Research Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquatic Ecological Engineering Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Eutrophication and Control of Harmful Algal Blooms of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Guangzhou 510632, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Aquatic science of Chongqing, Chongqing 400715, China
Ichthyophthiriasis, commonly known as "white spot disease", is the most important disease of freshwater fishes. The pathogen, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, is an obligatory parasitic ciliate that parasitizes the epidermis and gills of freshwater fishes, and is greatly affected by water temperature. In order to illuminate the role of water temperature in parasite life cycle, the authors investigated the influence of water temperature on cyst formation, hatchability, and activity power of theront under experimental condition. The results are as follows. The theronts of I. multifiliis were not able to be produced from parasite cysts when the water temperature was about 4℃ or from 28～32℃, but a few cysts could survive in such low or high temperatures. While the water temperature was between 9～27℃, the cyst-formation and hatch period gradually became shorter and the hatch rate rose to 100% with the increasing temperature. Meanwhile, the activity power of theronts was enhanced, but kept in a shorter period of about 4 hours with rising of water temperature. Therefore, it is suggested that I. multifiliis should be cultured under water temperature of about 23℃ for various experiments including artificial infection, and the theronts should be used in 4 hours after hatch.
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ZHANG Qi-zhong1,2, ZHANG Zhan-hui1, CHEN Da-li2, CUI Chao2. Influence of water temperature on hatchability and activity power of theront of Ichthy ophthirius multifiliis. , 2010, 29(2): 116-120.
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