Antiparasitic effect of formalin, trichlorfon, hydrogen peroxide, and copper sulfate on the parasitic isopod Caecognathia coralliophila

• Main Authors: Chong, Yen Thing, Julian Ransangan, Kishio Hatai
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 2016
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19009/1/Antiparasitic%20effect%20of%20formalin.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19009/7/Antiparasitic%20effect%20of%20formalin%2C%20trichlorfon%2C%20hydrogen%20peroxide%2C%20and%20copper%20sulfate%20on%20the%20parasitic%20isopod%20Caecognathia%20coralliophila.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/19009/; https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.51.125

Caecognathia coralliophila is known as a pathogenic ectoparasite infecting tiger grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus in a hatchery in Sabah, Malaysia. The effects of copper sulfate, formalin, trichlorfon, and hydrogen peroxide on the survival of C. coralliophila larvae were tested in vitro. The larvae...