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DAO 37:135-137 (1999)
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Abstract
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Contents of several inorganic substances in European eel infected and uninfected by Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda)
Vlastimil Barus1,*, Frantisek Tenora2, Stanislav Kracmar2, Jan Dvoracek3
1Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Kvetna 8, CZ-60365 Brno, Czech Republic
2Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-61300 Brno, Czech Republic
3Institute for Service and Business, Department of Ecology and Chemistry, CZ-67901 Skalice nad Svitavou, Czech Republic
*E-mail: kozena@brno.cas.cz
ABSTRACT: The content of 5 macroelements and 5 microelements were analyzed using the atomic absorption method in muscle samples of European eels infected and uninfected by Anguillicola crassus. The mean contents of these substances in infected eels
were statistically highly significantly lower in Ca, P, Fe, Mn, but only statistically significantly lower in Na, Mg, Zn and Cu as compared to uninfected fishes. These differences are discussed in relation to hematophagus feeding and pathogenity of the
parasite.
KEY WORDS: Eel muscle · Anguillicola crassus · Inorganic substances · Atomic absorption spectrometry
Published in DAO Vol.
37, No. 2
(1999) on July 30
ISSN: 0177-5103.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 1999
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