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1 October 1974 TRIAENOPHORIASIS IN LAKE ERIE WHITE BASS, Morone chrysops
PAUL C. STROMBERG, JOHN L. CRITES
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Abstract

The pseudophyllidean tapeworm, Triaenophorus nodulosus, was found in 51% of the adult white bass, Morone chrysops, sampled from western Lake Erie during the summer of 1973. Prevalence of infection with Triaenophorus increased with size and age of fishes. This worm is responsible for the disease triaenophoriasis, which is grossly characterized by large, white cysts, dark-brown “streaks” and hemorrhages in the liver. Microscopically, there is an acute inflammatory response, necrosis of liver parenchyma, squamous metaplasia, fibrosis and displacement of liver tissue as the tapeworm grows. Many plerocercoids were necrotic and surrounded by a dense tissue. The pathophysiology of extensive liver obstruction needs to be investigated as well as its effect upon infected fish populations.

STROMBERG and CRITES: TRIAENOPHORIASIS IN LAKE ERIE WHITE BASS, Morone chrysops1
PAUL C. STROMBERG and JOHN L. CRITES "TRIAENOPHORIASIS IN LAKE ERIE WHITE BASS, Morone chrysops," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 10(4), 352-358, (1 October 1974). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-10.4.352
Received: 28 January 1974; Published: 1 October 1974
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