Freshwater aquaculture nurseries and infection of fish with zoonotic trematodes, Vietnam

Phan Thi Van; Annette Kjær Ersbøll; Thanh Thi Nguyen; Khue Viet Nguyen; Ha Thi Nguyen; Kenneth Darwin Murrell; Anders Dalsgaard

doi:10.3201/eid1612.100422

Freshwater aquaculture nurseries and infection of fish with zoonotic trematodes, Vietnam

Phan Thi Van, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Thanh Thi Nguyen, Khue Viet Nguyen, Ha Thi Nguyen, Kenneth Darwin Murrell, Anders Dalsgaard

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Abstract

Residents of the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam have a long tradition of eating raw fish. Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) are estimated to infect ≈1 million persons in Vietnam. It remains uncertain at what stages in the aquaculture production cycle fish become infected with FZTs. Newly hatched fish (fry) from 8 hatcheries and juveniles from 27 nurseries were therefore examined for FZT infection. No FZTs were found in fry from hatcheries. In nurseries, FZT prevalence in juveniles was 14.1%, 48.6%, and 57.8% after 1 week, 4 weeks, and when overwintered in ponds, respectively. FZT prevalence was higher in grass carp (p<0.001) than in other carp species. Results show that nurseries are hot spots for FZT infections in fish. Thus, sustainable FZT prevention strategies must address aquaculture management practices, particularly in nurseries, to minimize the risk of distributing infected juveniles to grow out ponds and, subsequently, to markets for human consumption.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition)
Volume	16
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	1905-1909
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1612.100422
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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