Studies of a European shellfish disease: Bonamia ostreae parasite of the flat oyster Ostrea edulis ; control and treatment. Final Report
| Type | Contract report | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 1990 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Ref. | Contract N° AQ1-272 | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Bachere Evelyne1 | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Ifremer, Unité de Pathologie, Immunologie et Génétique Moléculaire des Invertébrés Marins, F-17390 La Tremblade, France CEV, Centro Experimental de Vilaxoan, Conselleria de Pesca, Villagarcia de Arosa, Spain CSIC, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas, Peira de Bouzas S/N, Avda E. Cabello 636208, Vigo, Spain UCC, University College Cork, Dept of Zoology Cork, Ireland FCR, Fisheries Research Center, Abbotstown, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland US, University of Southampton, Dept of Oceanography Southampton S09 5NH, United Kingdom |
||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : IFREMER, Unité de Pathologie, Immunologie et Génétique Moléculaire des Invertébrés Marins, F-17390 La Tremblade, France | ||||||||
| Publisher | Ifremer | ||||||||
| Note | Research project financed by the Commission of the European Communities within the frame of the EEC research programme in the fishereis sector ("FAR") | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Disease, Oyster, Ostrea edulis, Parasitology, Bonamia ostreae, Epidemiology | ||||||||
| Abstract | Bonamia ostreae, an intrahemocytic protozoan parasite infecting the oyster Ostrea edulis, is responsible for an endemic disease affecting all intensive breeding areas of European countries. Epidemiological studies showed variable prevalences, 43% in Galicia (Spain), from 6% to 32% in France and 45% in the most important area of Ireland. The impact of oyster transfers, handlings, high densities have been implicated in the disease development but environmental stressors could be more involved than zootechnical methods. The effect of water temperature, salinity and tidal exposure were particulary examined to assess stress induced changes and determine physiological, biochemical and immunological state indices of oyster populations, which will contribute to progress in the establishment of prophylactic measures. With Bonamia purification protocol, experimental infections have permitted to study bonamiosis development kinetics, confirming a latent period with unknown location of the parasite within the animal tissues. Concerning hemocyte-parasite interactions studies, using in vitro hemocyte infections and chemiluminescence technique, it has been shown that Bonamia counteracts the oxidative defence system in both O. edulis and C. gigas. The question of specificity barrier and elimination of B. ostreae in Japanese oyster remains unresolved. Finally, experimental infections allowed to undertake a selection program for Bonamia resistant oysters. This could be the most effective strategy to ensure uninterupted production of flat oysters. |
||||||||
| Full Text |
|