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Cedar Aqua: Parasite Information

http://www.cedaraqua.co.uk/parasite.htm

Provides information on the flukes, Dactylogyrus and Gyrodactylus and several tapeworms which affect pond fish.

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Diplostomum spathaceum

http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=2080

Provides information on this parasite, which has a complex life cycle, and the illness it causes, its gross signs and histopathology.

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Enteromyxosis (Myxidiosis)

http://www.vetcare.gr/myxidiosis.htm

Provides details of this condition caused by an endoparasite, its consequences and management advice.

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Fish Lice in the UK

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/319/fish-lice-in-the-uk

Describes the three species of Argulus found in British waters and their life cycle with information on the factors that affect their numbers.

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Gyrodactylus salaris

http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/FRS.Web/Delivery/display_standalone.aspx?contentid=861

Factsheet providing information on these small, leech-like parasites which can devastate fish populations, where and when outbreaks occur, diagnosis and control.

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Isopodosis

http://www.vetcare.gr/isopodosis.htm

Provides details of this condition caused by an ectoparasite, its consequences, treatment and management advice.

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Parasite Focus: Gyrodactylus

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/104/parasite-focus-gyrodactylus

This parasitic fluke can be found infesting many different types of freshwater and marine fish. This article explains that most species of Gyrodactylus are of little concern to fish farmers but Gyrodactylus salaris is a threat to native fish populations in Scandinavia.

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Parasitic Diseases of Tilapia

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/294/parasitic-diseases-of-tilapia

Provides information on screening for the main parasites affecting tilapia. Gives images, disease signs and possible treatment for each and outlines the factors that influence the severity of the parasitic disease.

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Sea Lice

http://www.spaquaculture.com/default.aspx?pageid=536

Gives details of the species of parasitic sea lice that affect farmed fish, their epidemiology and life cycle.

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Sea Lice

http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk/Delivery/standalone.aspx?contentid=1823

Provides information on these parasites which affect wild and farmed Atlantic salmon, their life cycle and gross pathology.

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Sea Lice: Technical Monograph

http://www.spaquaculture.com/assets/3-28sealcfinal.pdf

Provides information on the biology of Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus, their effects on fish and their control.

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Spironucleus

http://ukdiscus.co.uk/library/discus-health/spironucleus.html

Provides information on the parasitic flagellates that may affect many species of marine and freshwater fish.

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