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Lovy J, Friend SE. Intestinal coccidiosis of anadromous and landlocked alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, caused by Goussia ameliae n. sp. and G. alosii n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2015;4(2):159-70doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.003.
Lovy, J., & Friend, S. E. (2015). Intestinal coccidiosis of anadromous and landlocked alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, caused by Goussia ameliae n. sp. and G. alosii n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 4(2), 159-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.003
Lovy, Jan, and Friend, Sarah E. "Intestinal coccidiosis of anadromous and landlocked alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, caused by Goussia ameliae n. sp. and G. alosii n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae)." International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife vol. 4,2 (2015): 159-70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.003
Lovy J, Friend SE. Intestinal coccidiosis of anadromous and landlocked alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, caused by Goussia ameliae n. sp. and G. alosii n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2015 Feb 28;4(2):159-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.003. eCollection 2015 Aug. PMID: 25853050; PMCID: PMC4382861.
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Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2015 Feb 28;4(2):159-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.003. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Intestinal coccidiosis of anadromous and landlocked alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, caused by Goussia ameliae n. sp. and G. alosii n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae).

International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife

Jan Lovy, Sarah E Friend

Affiliations

  1. New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife, Office of Fish & Wildlife Health & Forensics, 605 Pequest Road, Oxford, NJ 07863, USA.

PMID: 25853050 PMCID: PMC4382861 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.02.003

Abstract

Anadromous alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, have experienced significant population level declines caused by factors including habitat destruction. Alewives occur in two different life histories, anadromous and landlocked forms. The landlocked alewife evolved from ancestral anadromous populations, resulting in an exclusively freshwater and phenotypically unique form. The occurrence of parasites in a host is linked to the environment, making alewives an ideal model to compare parasitology within a single species with contrasting life histories. Currently, little information exists on the presence and impacts of parasites in these fish populations; the present study sets out to better understand coccidiosis in the threatened anadromous populations and to understand how coccidian parasites compare in both life history forms. The intestinal coccidian, Goussia ameliae n. sp., was described infecting the pyloric cecum of 76% and 86% of young-of-the-year and adult anadromous alewives, respectively, from the Maurice River, New Jersey, USA. The coccidian was found in landlocked alewife populations with a prevalence of 92% and 34% in YOY and adult fish, respectively. An analysis of the small subunit 18S ribosomal RNA gene of G. ameliae from both life history forms demonstrated that the coccidian had 100% sequence identity, confirming the same parasite species in both forms. Though genetic analysis demonstrated G. ameliae to be identical, some differences were observed in sporulation and morphology of the parasite within the two populations. The sporocysts in anadromous populations were shorter and wider, and sporulation timing differed from that of landlocked fish. These differences may either be attributed to differences in the host type or to the sporulation environment. Lastly, alewives from landlocked populations were frequently co-infected with a second coccidian species in the posterior intestine, which occurred at a lower prevalence. This species, G. alosii n. sp., was described based on morphological characters of the sporulated oocysts in fresh parasitological preparations.

Keywords: Alewives; Alosa pseudoharengus; Coccidia; Goussia

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