Parasitic Infection of the Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)— A Case Report

Amanda C. J. Vincent; Richard S. Clifton-Hadley

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.404

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1 July 1989 Parasitic Infection of the Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)— A Case Report

Amanda C. J. Vincent, Richard S. Clifton-Hadley

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 25(3):404-406 (1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.404

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This report details the development of a microsporidan infection in a colony of seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) caused by Glugea heraldi. Of 76 animals imported from Florida Bay (USA), two survived. A myxosporidan (Sphaeromyxa sp.) and an unidentified nematode infection were also diagnosed in the same colony, but these infections were not considered important, causative factors in the mortalities.

Vincent and Clifton-Hadley: Parasitic Infection of the Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)— A Case Report

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Amanda C. J. Vincent and Richard S. Clifton-Hadley "Parasitic Infection of the Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)— A Case Report," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 25(3), 404-406, (1 July 1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.404

Received: 13 September 1988; Published: 1 July 1989

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