Biological Concepts for the Control of Aquatic Zoosporic Diseases

Thijs Frenken (Corresponding Author), Ramsy Agha, Dirk S. Schmeller, Pieter van West, Justyna Wolinska

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Abstract

Aquatic zoosporic diseases are threatening global biodiversity and ecosystem
services, as well as economic activities. Current means of controlling zoosporic
diseases are restricted primarily to chemical treatments, which are usually harmful
or likely to be ineffective in the long term. Furthermore, some of these chemicals
have been banned due to adverse effects. As a result, there is a need for alternative methods with minimal side-effects on the ecosystem or environment. Here,
we integrate existing knowledge of three poorly interconnected areas of disease
research – amphibian conservation, aquaculture, and plankton ecology – and
arrange it into seven biological concepts to control zoosporic diseases. These
strategies may be less harmful and more sustainable than chemical approaches.
However, more research is needed before safe application is possible.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-582
Number of pages12
JournalTrends in Parasitology
Volume35
Issue number7
Early online date7 May 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2019

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgments
This research was supported by the International IGB Fellowship Program ‘Freshwater Science’ of the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB, Berlin) to T.F. and by the project People, Pollution, and Pathogens financed through the call ‘Mountains as Sentinels of Change’ by the Belmont Forum (ANR-15-MASC-0001 - P3, DFG-SCHM 3059/6-1, NERC-1633948, NSFC-41661144004) to D.S.S. and funding from the BBSRC and the NERC to P.v.W. The authors would like to thank Mark Phillipo for proofreading the manuscript.

Keywords

  • aquaculture
  • biodiversity
  • chytrid
  • oomycete
  • pathogen
  • plankton

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