Abstract

AbstractMany states ban the importation of fish infected with the Asian tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi. Treatment with an effective tapeworm parasiticide prior to shipment would allow fish to be imported that might otherwise be rejected. In this study, extended praziquantel bath treatments of infected grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella were tested to determine their efficacy against Asian tapeworms. Preliminary praziquantel treatments of 0.7 mg/L or more for an exposure period of 24 h at grass carp densities of 69 g/L were effective in eliminating all tapeworms from 22‐g fish. When the treatment duration was lowered to 12 h, a praziquantel concentration of 2.8 mg/L was required for effective treatment. In replicated studies, significantly reduced tapeworm numbers (0–5 tapeworms per treated fish compared with 30+ tapeworms per control fish) were observed following 24‐h exposures to praziquantel at 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, and 1.5 mg/ L. Tapeworm elimination occurred only at the maximum concentration of 1.5 mg/L when 88‐g grass carp were stocked at a density of approximately 6 g/L. When fish density was raised to 60 g/L, the 1.5‐mg/L treatment did not eliminate all tapeworms: 4 of 30 fish contained a single tapeworm.

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