Environmental Impacts and Welfare Implications Flashcards
Name 3 benefits of aquaculture:
- Food security and nutrition
- Economic growth through fish production and trade,
- Poverty alleviation and the creation of employment opportunities in rural areas.
Why are there so many food poisoning cases attached to fish food products?
usually consumed lightly cooked, raw or pickled.
Name 9 stages of the fish processing line.
- Gutting and de-heading
- Desliming
- Weighing
- Filleting
- Trimming
- Pinbone removal
- Skinning
- Fillet washing
- Grading
Name 4 zoonoses associated with fish?
- Clonorchis sinensis
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- Anisakis
- Mycobacterium marinum
What is clonorchis sinensis?
A trematode
What is the clonchorchis sinensis infective stage?
Metacercariae
Where is the metacercariae found?
- musculature
- subcutaneous tissues
- scales
- fins
- gills of cyprinids, clupeids (carp and ray-fin fish)
Which other species is clonchorchis sinensis found in?
rats, cats, dogs and pigs.
Where does Clonchorchis sinensis occur?
Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea
How many people are affected every year from Clonchorchis sinensis?
35 million people
How many species of fish are susceptible to Clonchorchis sinensis in China?
43 species of fish
In humans, where is Clonchorchis sinensis found?
In the bile duct.
What might an infection cause in humans with Clonchorchis sinensis?
Could be fatal as infection could cause pancreatitis and lead to liver carcinoma.
What are the 6 stages of the Clonchorchis sinensis life cycle?
1, Embryonated eggs passed in faeces
- eggs are ingested by snail (miracidia –>sporocysts–> rediae –> cercariae)
- free-swimming cercariae encyst in the skin or flesh of fresh-water fish
- Metacercariae in flesh or skin of fresh water fish are ingested by human host
- Excyst in duodenum
- Adults in biliary duct.
What is the most common species of Diphyllobothrium to infect humans?
Diphyllobothrium latum.
Is Diphyphllobothrium found in marine or freshwater species?
Both
Where is Diphyllobothrium latum found in fish?
In the musculature and viscera
Name 5 other species of animal which can be involved in the diphyllobothrium life cycle?
- Birds
- Bears
- Seals
- Walruses
- Dogs
Where is the diphyllobothrium latum found in humands?
In the mucosa of the ileum and jejunum
Is it Diphyllobothrium latum asymptomatic, and if not, what are the symptoms?
Normally asymptomatic.
- it could cause:
1. malabsorption
2. anaemia
3. weight loss
How many people are infected worldwide by diphyllobothrium latum?
9 million people
What is diphyllobothrium latum and how is it treated?
It is a cestode - praziquantel is used to treat it.
Name the 9 stages of the lifecycle of Diphyllobrothium latum?
- unembryonated eggs passed in faeces
- eggs embryonate in water
- coracidia hatch from eggs and are ingested by crustaceans
- procercoid larvae in body cavity of crustaceans
- infected crustacean ingested by small freshwater fish. procercoid larva released from crustacean develops into plerocercoid larva.
- predator fish eats infected small fish
- human ingests raw or undercooked infected fish
- adults in small intestine
- proglottids release eggs.
What species does anisakis species involve?
marine crustaceans, fish, squid and mammals.
Where is anisakis larvae found in fish species?
In the viscera and muscle of many fish species.
what is the definitive hosts of anisakis?
marine mammals.
Where is anisakis species found?
Worldwide distribution but predominates in areas where raw and pickled fish are eaten most.
where is the adult anisakis found in humans?
In the intestine.
What are the two forms of anisakis?
Non-invasive (asymptomatic) and invasive (severe reaction, bloody stools, nausea, ulcers)
What else can anisakis result in?
Hypersensitivity
What species of anisakis causes a majority (90%) of human infection?
Anisakis simplex.
How is anisakis treated in humans?
Surgery
what is the 9 stage lifecycle of anisakis?
- marine mammals excrete unembryonated eggs
- eggs become embryonated in the water and L2 larvae form in the eggs
- Larvae hatch from eggs and become free-swimming
- free-swimming larvae ingested by crustaceans and mature into L3 larvae
- Infected crustaceans are eaten by fish and squid, larvae migrate to muscles and tissues, and through predation, the larvae are transferred from fish to fish.
- fish and squid maintain L3 larvae that are infective to humans and marine mammals.
- when L3 is ingested by marine mammals, the larvae moults twice and develops into adult worms. adult worms produce eggs that are shed by marine mammals.
- when ingested by humans, they become iincidental hosts through eating infected raw or undercooked seafood.
How is diagnosis of anisakis made?
Gastroscopic examination during which 2cm larvae can be removed.
What colour is diphyllobrothium latum?
Bright yellow
What does anisakis look like?
Small and transparent or white.
What is microbacterium marinum?
An ubiquitous resistant bacteria
What kind of species does M. marinum cause disease in?
Ornamental fish.
What is mycobacterium marinum commonly known as?
Fishermans/ Aquarist’s finger.