• 대한수의학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.299-302
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• 2007

Neoheterobothrium hirame (N. hirame) is a large blood-feed gill-worm infecting the highly prized olive flounder. The present study was reported the occurrence and elimination of Neoheterobothrium infection from young cultured oliver flounder in the western coast of Korea. Flounder (weight 18-25 g, length 10-15 cm) were obtained from a cultured farm at Taean of Korea at May 2006. A lot of flounder died with serious anemia. We isolated N. hirame from the buccal cavity wall of dead flounder. Adult parasites were 5-15 mm in total length, with 4 pairs of clamps on the pedunculated haptor and isthmus region embedded in host tissue, while immature and sub-adults were identified the attachment to the gill filaments, rakers and arches with the clamps. All fish with infection were treated with 8% NaCl-supplemented seawater for 1 and 10 min at $22^{\circ}C$, respectively. The significant reduction in mortality (6.7%) was observed among fish treated with 8% salt water for 10 minutes, when compared with that of non-treatment group (100%).

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2020

실험실에서 순환여과시스템으로 5-6개월 사육하던 넙치 치어에서 아가미의 심한 빈혈을 나타내는 질병이 발생하였다. 현미경관찰에서 아가미에서는 유충이, 입천정에서는 성숙한 성충이 관찰되었다. 성충의 체장은 5.60-9.32 mm이며 방추형 몸의 길이는 3.83-6.32 mm, 부착기는 방추형 몸에서 부터 연결된 isthmus의 끝부분에 꽃자루 모양으로 존재하였고 부착기의 끝에는 8개의 파악기가 있었다. 충의 형태학적 관찰로부터 단생류에 속하는 Neoheterobothirum hirame로 동정하였다. 감염어의 적혈구용적는 평균 10.3±2.8%로 정상 넙치의 31.4±4.2%보다 현저히 낮았다. 병리조직학적으로 N. hirame에 감염 된 넙치는 아가미 새판과 새엽을 흐르는 혈관내의 적혈구가 감소하고 비장의 적수(red pulp) 영역이 감소되고 간세포는 위축이 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과로부터 넙치에 심한 빈혈을 일으킨 원인은 N. hirame인 것을 밝혔다. 이 연구는 순환여과식 사육시스템에서는 사육수의 교환이 적으므로 소독장치가 충분하지 못할 경우 병원체의 증식이 문제가 될 수 있는 예를 보이고 있다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.226-230
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• 2009

We evaluated the efficacy of $\beta$-hemolytic Streptococcus(S.) iniae vaccine on cultured olive flounder. Three hundred flounders(weight $50{\pm}5$ g) were obtained from two farm at Wando and Taean in the southern and western coast of Korea at May and June 2007, respectively. Twenty of flounders moved in 0.5 tons aquaria in land-marine tank system of National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service. Seawater was transported from the sea of Inchon in western Korea, and water temperature maintained to $22^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$ during the vaccination and challenge test, respectively. We used the formalin-inactivated $\beta$-hemolytic S. iniae vaccine produced by domestic manufacturers. The vaccine was intraperitoneally administered to fish. The vaccinated and control group were challenged with intraperitoneal injection by virulent S. iniae SI-36 isolates with $5.0{\times}10^8$ CFU/fish at 3 weeks after vaccination. We evaluated the vaccine efficacy by calculating numbers of dead fish, and observing of clinical signs, exterior and gross lesions, and examining bacteria isolation and identification. Thirty-four(25.2%) of 135 control and vaccinated group fish were dead with serious anemia, abdominal extension, and hernia of intestine during 3 weeks post vaccination. We isolated Neoheterobothrium hirame from the buccal cavity and Edwardsiella tarda from kidney of dead and diseased fish. When infected fish with these agents were challenged with S. iniae SI-36 isolates, the cumulative mortality of control and vaccinated group were 86.7, and 46.7%, respectively. However, significant differences(p<0.05) were observed on cumulative mortality between control(20.0%) and vaccinated group(95.0%) at second trials with 40 healthy, and relative percent survival(RPS) was 78.0%. We confirmed that the efficacy of $\beta$-hemolytic S. iniae vaccine on olive flounder were impacted by health condition such as bacterial and parasitic diseases.