Survey of Parasite-Related Aquatic Animal Health Issues

This survey was developed in collaboration between the US Geological Survey-Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC), the US Fish and Wildlife Service-Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership Program (AADAP) and the United States Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service-Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center (SNARC).

The survey's purpose is to identify priority external or internal parasites to target in public aquaculture drug development efforts. As fish health professionals, your first-hand knowledge of the principal parasite-related fish health issues at United States public or private aquaculture facilities is invaluable to us.

The survey is separated into:

1. a background information section
2. an external parasite section
3. an internal parasite section

If you have questions regarding our drug approval efforts, please contact Mark Gaikowski, UMESC, Jim Bowker, AADAP, or Dave Straus, SNARC, at the addresses below:

Section I: Background Information

Section II: External Parasites

2. Rate the crustacean (copepod or branchiuran) genuses according to the aquatic animal health effects each causes at the facilities for which you provide diagnostic services. Please rate the aquatic animal health effects according to the following ordinal scale:  0 - no health effects, 1 - minor/mild health effects, 2 - moderate health effects, 3 - severe health effects

      0 1 2 3   Argulus
      0 1 2 3   Ergasilus
      0 1 2 3   Lepeophtheirus 
      0 1 2 3   Lernaea
      0 1 2 3   Salmincola
      0 1 2 3   Other (provide genus if known):    
      0 1 2 3   Other (provide genus if known):    
 

3. Check the fish families in which crustaceans cause substantial aquatic animal health effects at the facility for which you provide diagnostic services. Select all that apply; for "Other:" please include family, genus or species as appropriate.

        Acipenseridae
        Centrarchidae
        Cichlidae 
        Clupeidae
        Cyprinidae
        Esocidae
        Ictaluridae
        Percidae
        Percichthyidae
        Salmonidae
      Other:    
      Other:    
 

5. Check the fish families in which leeches cause substantial aquatic animal health effects at the facility for which you provide diagnostic services. Select all that apply; for "Other:" please include family, genus or species as appropriate.

        Acipenseridae
        Centrarchidae
        Cichlidae 
        Clupeidae
        Cyprinidae
        Esocidae
        Ictaluridae
        Percidae
        Percichthyidae
        Salmonidae
      Other:    
      Other:    
 

6. Rate the monogenean genuses according to the aquatic animal health effects each causes at the facilities for which you provide diagnostic services. Please rate the aquatic animal health effects according to the following ordinal scale:  0 - no health effects, 1 - minor/mild health effects, 2 - moderate health effects, 3 - severe health effects

      0 1 2 3   Cleidodiscus
      0 1 2 3   Dactylogyrid
      0 1 2 3   Gyrodactylid
      0 1 2 3   Other (provide genus if known):    
      0 1 2 3   Other (provide genus if known):    
 

7. Check the fish families in which monogeneans cause substantial aquatic animal health effects at the facility for which you provide diagnostic services. Select all that apply; for "Other:" please include family, genus or species as appropriate.

        Acipenseridae
        Centrarchidae
        Cichlidae 
        Clupeidae
        Cyprinidae
        Esocidae
        Ictaluridae
        Percidae
        Percichthyidae
        Salmonidae
      Other:    
      Other:    
 

8. Rate the external protozoan genuses according to the aquatic animal health effects each causes at the facilities for which you provide diagnostic services. Please rate the aquatic animal health effects according to the following ordinal scale:  0 - no health effects, 1 - minor/mild health effects, 2 - moderate health effects, 3 - severe health effects

      0 1 2 3   Ambiphyra
      0 1 2 3   Chilodonella
      0 1 2 3   Epistylis
      0 1 2 3   Ichthyobodo (costia)
      0 1 2 3   Ichthyophthirius (ich)
      0 1 2 3   Piscinoodinium
      0 1 2 3   Trichodina
      0 1 2 3   Other (provide genus if known):    
      0 1 2 3   Other (provide genus if known):    
 

9. Check the fish families in which external protozoans cause substantial aquatic animal health effects at the facility for which you provide diagnostic services. Select all that apply; for "Other:" please include family, genus or species as appropriate.

        Acipenseridae
        Centrarchidae
        Cichlidae 
        Clupeidae
        Cyprinidae
        Esocidae
        Ictaluridae
        Percidae
        Percichthyidae
        Salmonidae
      Other:    
      Other:    
 

Section III: Internal Parasites

2. Check the fish families in which internal parasite genuses cause substantial aquatic animal health effects at the facility for which you provide diagnostic services. Select all that apply; for "Other:" please include family, genus or species as appropriate.

        Acipenseridae
        Centrarchidae
        Cichlidae 
        Clupeidae
        Cyprinidae
        Esocidae
        Ictaluridae
        Percidae
        Percichthyidae
        Salmonidae
      Other:    
      Other: