2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of new culture techniques to reduce skin fluke infection in fish farms
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25450284
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Aquatic bioproduction science
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| Research Institution | Kinki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OGAWA Kazuo 目黒寄生虫館, 館長 (20092174)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
TSUDA Yuichi 元近畿大学, 水産研究所, 博士研究員 (50508322)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 魚病 / 寄生虫 / 生態 / 養殖 / 防除 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Skin fluke has been a chronic problem in aquaculture. The present study aims to understand the biology and ecology of Neobenedenia girellae and to develop practical methods to prevent infection in fish farms. Larval fluke are positively phototactic and the infection took place during mid-day near the water surface. Shading of culture cage successfully reduced the infection. An adult fluke laid over 700 eggs per day and the eggs accumulated on the culture cages at the maximum rate of over ten million eggs/day. Large proportions of eggs were attached on the upper part of the cages. Using these newly obtained information, we have proposed effective culture techniques to remove eggs from cage and to reduce infection in fish farms.
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| Free Research Field |
魚病学
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