Richards G R, Chubb J C
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, UK.
Parasitol Res. 1998 Sep;84(9):753-6. doi: 10.1007/s004360050481.
Two suprapopulations of monogeneans, one each of Gyrodactylus bullatarudis and G. turnbulli, on two groups of ten experimentally infected adult guppies (Poecilia reticulata) were maintained separately in 50.1 aquaria and monitored over 210 days. The G. bullatarudis population had a pattern of initial growth, then a subsequent decline to extinction after 40 days. G. turnbulli, after initial population growth and decline, maintained low-intensity infections (0.33-3.3 parasites/host) on six hosts over 94 days and did not become extinct during the experiment. There were some differences between the host-site specificity of G. bullatarudis and G. turnbulli on adult P. reticulata as compared with previously observed infections on immature fish.
在两组各十条经实验感染的成年孔雀鱼（孔雀鱼）上，分别饲养了两个单殖吸虫的超种群，每组分别饲养了旋口吸虫和特恩布尔旋口吸虫，将它们分别置于50.1升的水族箱中，并在210天内进行监测。旋口吸虫种群呈现出先增长，然后在40天后随后下降至灭绝的模式。特恩布尔旋口吸虫在种群最初增长和下降之后，在94天内有六条宿主维持着低强度感染（0.33 - 3.3个寄生虫/宿主），并且在实验期间没有灭绝。与之前在幼鱼上观察到的感染相比，旋口吸虫和特恩布尔旋口吸虫在成年孔雀鱼上的宿主部位特异性存在一些差异。
