Incidence and seasonal variations of Epistylis among fishes in North Carolina reservoirs

Title

Incidence and seasonal variations of Epistylis among fishes in North Carolina reservoirs

Date

1976

Creator

["Chapman, Wayne R."]

Place

["North Carolina, United States"]

INCIDENCE AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF EP1STYLIS AMONG FISHES IN NORTH CAROLINA RESERVOIRS17' By ll'avne R. Clio [i man Fred A. Harris Division of Inland Fisheries North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Raleigh, North Carolina 2 7611 and Roy W. Miller Division of Fish and Wildlife Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Dover, Delaware 19901 Presented at the Annual meeting, Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, 24-27 October 1976, to be published in the Proceedings Southeast Association Game and Fish Commission, Volume 30 (1977). J / This study was supported in part by Federal Aid in Fish Restoration North Carolina Dinge 11-Johnson Project F-21-S.

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Title

Incidence and seasonal variations of Epistylis among fishes in North Carolina reservoirs

Date

1976

Creator

["Chapman, Wayne R."]

Contributor

["Miller, Roy W.","Harris, Fred A.","North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Division of Inland Fisheries."]

Agency-Current

["North Carolina Division of Inland Fisheries, Wildlife Resources Commission"]

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Description

Includes bibliographical references (page [8]).;"Presented at the Annual meeting, Southern Division, American Fisheries Society, 24-27 October 1976.";Federal Aid in Fish Restoration, N.C. Dingell-Johnson project, F-21-S.;Also published in the Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (March 1976) and Proceedings, Southeast Association Game Fish Commission (Vol. 30, 1977).

Abstract

Epistylis infections were found on 16 fish species in the Yadkin and Catawba River reservoirs in North CaroJina during 1974-75. Families most affected were Ictaluridae, Percichthyidae, and Centrarchidae. Highest incidence of the disease occurred during the summer and fa11 months. The most common infection site among most species of fishes was inside the mouth. A positive correllation was found between total fish length and Epistylis infection rate among Lepomis auritus, Lepomis macrochirus, and Micropterus salmoides. The bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila often was isolated from Epistylis-infected fishes and was believed responsible for two large fish kills.

Subject

["Fish surveys--North Carolina","Freshwater fishes--Parasites--North Carolina","Epistylis--North Carolina"]

Place

["North Carolina, United States"]

Time Period

["(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period"]

Digital Collections

["North Carolina Digital State Publications Collection"]

Physical Characteristics

1 online resource (17 pages) : tables

Format

["Technical reports"]

Hosted By

["State Library of North Carolina"]

OCLC Number

1426782491

Identifier

pubs_1426782491_incidence1976

Incidence and seasonal variations of Epistylis among fishes in North Carolina reservoirs

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