Letter to Editor

Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea

Volume: 61 Number: 3 September 1, 2014
  • Banu Yardımcı
  • G. Zafer Pekmezci
  • E. Emek Onuk
TR EN

Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

One specimen of John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758), was caught from commercial sites at the costs of Gulf of Antalya at Mediterranean Sea, Turkey. Zeus faber was dissected carefully. After examination Anisakidae larvae were recovered from in the abdominal cavity, liver and muscles. A total of eight larvae were found in the abdominal cavity and seven larvae encapsulated on surface of liver at necropsy. In the macroscopic examination, liver was seen to pale and surface of the capsula was haemorhagic with subcapsular cysts including larvae in 0.3 cm diameter. In the histopathologic examination severe degeneration and hepatic necrosis was identified. Just below the liver capsula, Anisakis larvae were seen covered with fibrous capsula. The larvae morphologically identified as Anisakis larvae Type I were subjected to further molecular characterization by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) to identify the species. All Anisakis larvae were identified at species level by PCR-RFLP as belonging to A. pegreffii. Within the present study, for the first time, we report on the molecular identification of A. pegreffii larvae from John Dory, Z. faber, and we describe their pathological significance in a paratenic or intermediate hosts in Turkish waters

Keywords

References

  1. Akmırza A (2013): Gökçeada kıyı sularındaki balıkların parazitik nematodları. T Parazitol Derg, 37, 199-202.
  2. Berland B (1961): Nematodes from some Norwegian marine fishes. Sarsia, 2, 1-50.
  3. Brian L (1958): Ricerche sul ciclo biologico e l’ecologia di Ascaris capsularia Rud. Atti dell‘Accademia ligure di scienze e lettere, 14, 249-263.
  4. D'Amelio S, Mathiopoulos KD, Santos CP, Pugachev ON, Webb SC, Picanco M, Paggi L (2000): Genetic markers in ribosomal DNA for the identification of members of the genus Anisakis (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) defined by polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment length polymorphism. Int J Parasitol, 30, 223–226.
  5. Elarifi AE (1982): The histopathology of larval anisakid nematode infections in the liver of whiting, Merlangius merlangus (L.), with some observations on blood leucocytes of the fish. J Fish Dis, 5, 411-419.
  6. Guiart J (1938): Étude parasitologique et épidémiologique de quelques poisons de mer. Bulletin de l’lnstitut océanographique de Monaco, No. 755, 15 pp.
  7. Janssen GM (1979): The occurrence of Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) in the coastal waters of the Netherlands (Pisces, Zeiformaes). Bull Zool Mus Univ Amsterdam, 6, 153–158.
  8. Kahl W (1938): Nematoden in Seefischen. 11. Erhebungen uber den Befall von Seefischen mit Larven von Anacanthocheilus rotundatus (Rudolphi) und die durch diese Larven hervorgerufenen Reaktionen des Wirtsgewebes. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde, 10, 513-534.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Veterinary Surgery

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Authors

Banu Yardımcı This is me

G. Zafer Pekmezci This is me

E. Emek Onuk This is me

Publication Date

September 1, 2014

Submission Date

September 1, 2014

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 2014 Volume: 61 Number: 3

APA
Yardımcı, B., Pekmezci, G. Z., & Onuk, E. E. (2014). Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 61(3), 233-236. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635
AMA
1.Yardımcı B, Pekmezci GZ, Onuk EE. Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2014;61(3):233-236. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635
Chicago
Yardımcı, Banu, G. Zafer Pekmezci, and E. Emek Onuk. 2014. “Pathology and Molecular Identification of Anisakis Pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) Infection in the John Dory, Zeus Faber (Linnaeus, 1758) Caught in Mediterranean Sea”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 61 (3): 233-36. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635.
EndNote
Yardımcı B, Pekmezci GZ, Onuk EE (September 1, 2014) Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 61 3 233–236.
IEEE
[1]B. Yardımcı, G. Z. Pekmezci, and E. E. Onuk, “Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea”, Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 233–236, Sept. 2014, doi: 10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635.
ISNAD
Yardımcı, Banu - Pekmezci, G. Zafer - Onuk, E. Emek. “Pathology and Molecular Identification of Anisakis Pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) Infection in the John Dory, Zeus Faber (Linnaeus, 1758) Caught in Mediterranean Sea”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 61/3 (September 1, 2014): 233-236. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635.
JAMA
1.Yardımcı B, Pekmezci GZ, Onuk EE. Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2014;61:233–236.
MLA
Yardımcı, Banu, et al. “Pathology and Molecular Identification of Anisakis Pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) Infection in the John Dory, Zeus Faber (Linnaeus, 1758) Caught in Mediterranean Sea”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 61, no. 3, Sept. 2014, pp. 233-6, doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635.
Vancouver
1.Banu Yardımcı, G. Zafer Pekmezci, E. Emek Onuk. Pathology and molecular identification of Anisakis pegreffii (Nematoda: Anisakidae) infection in the John Dory, Zeus faber (Linnaeus, 1758) caught in Mediterranean Sea. Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2014 Sep. 1;61(3):233-6. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002635

Cited By