Abstract
Tilapia is one of the commercially important fish in Malaysia as well as in other parts of the world. An understanding of monogenean infection dynamics in tilapia fish may assist us in searching for some intervention measures in reducing the loss of fish caused by parasitic diseases. The present study aimed (1) to compare infection level of monogeneans between the wild and cultured Oreochromis niloticus, and between the cultured O. niloticus and cultured red hybrid tilapia, and (2) to examine the spatial distribution of monogenean species over the gills of the different host species. From a total of 75 fish specimens, six species of monogeneans from two genera: Cichlidogyrus (C. halli, C. mbirizei, C. sclerosus, C. thurstonae, C. tilapiae) and Scutogyrus (S. longicornis) were identified. Data showed that the infection level of cultured O. niloticus was higher than that of the wild O. niloticus, however, the former was lower than that of the cultured red hybrid tilapia. Higher species richness of monogeneans was observed in the cultured red hybrid tilapia as compared to the others. Results for spatial distribution showed that the monogeneans have no preference on the left or right sides of the gills. However, C. halli, C. mbirizei, and C. tilapiae showed preferences on specific gill arches in the cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia. In general, the gill arch IV harboured the least number of monogeneans. The susceptibility of monogenean infection between the different types of tilapia is discussed.
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Background
The growing demand for food sources, particularly protein, has made aquaculture to be one of the fastest growing food sectors in the world. A variety of freshwater fish, such as carp, tilapia and catfish has been cultured in many parts of the world (FAO 2012, 2014) to meet the demands and preferences of consumers. However, the introduction of these fish beyond their native range have caused the co-introduction of parasites along with their hosts to new localities and transmitted to native hosts, causing emergence of new diseases in the native fish (Lymbery et al. 2014).
Tilapia, which is originated from Africa, has become one of the major cultured fish in the world after carp fish (El-Sayed 2006; Wang and Lu 2015). This is because tilapia has the ability to tolerate a wide range of environment conditions, allowing them to be introduced and distributed to many countries outside Africa such as Asia, Southeast Asia, USA and Europe (El-Sayed 2006; Philippart and Ruwet 1982). The tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus Peters, 1852, was first introduced to Malaysia from Indonesia in 1943. Later, Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1785 was introduced in 1979 because of its fast growing features that are suitable for aquaculture (FAO 2004). However, the red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) have become popular due to customer preference and become the dominant species (>90 %) cultured in Malaysia (Department of fisheries 2013).
Several parasites including the ciliates, Trichodina spp., Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, 1876, and the monogeneans are the most common parasites infecting the tilapia fish (Braccini et al. 2008; Maneepitaksanti and Nagasawa 2012; Paredes-Trujillo et al. 2016; Zago et al. 2014; etc.). Intensive culture of tilapia such as O. niloticus facilitates the transmission of these parasites, especially monogeneans that provoke severe epizootic, causing high mortalities of tilapia and economic loss in aquaculture (Akoll et al. 2011).
The taxonomy and biology of monogeneans found in tilapia from Africa were well documented (Muterezi Bukinga et al. 2012; Paperna 1960; Paperna and Thurston 1969; Pariselle and Euzet 2009; Vanhove et al. 2011; etc.). Several studies showed that Cichlidogyrus and Scutogyrus are the common gill monogeneans found on O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia (Agos 2013; Aguirre-Fey et al. 2015; Akoll et al. 2011; Maneepitaksanti et al. 2013; Tombi et al. 2014). Aguirre-Fey et al. (2015) reported that the infection level of Cichlidogyrus dossoui Paperna, 1960, C. sclerosus Paperna & Thurston, 1969 and Scutogyrus sp. were higher in the red hybrid tilapia (red O. niloticus and Pargo—UNAM) compare to their parental species (O. niloticus and O. mossambicus). However, thus far, the species richness and infection dynamics of other Cichlidogyrus species between different fish hosts remain unclear. Tombi et al. (2014) showed that monogeneans colonise four pairs of gills arches of O. niloticus in an anterio-posterior direction whilst Agos (2013) reported that monogeneans preferred the median arches of red tilapia. Several studies had also been carried out to examine the relationship between the infection dynamics of monogeneans on O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia with some abiotic factors (Agos 2013; Akoll et al. 2011; Suliman and Al-Harbi 2015; Tombi et al. 2014). The questions arising are whether the same monogenean species will likely to distribute differently over the gills of different species of hosts (O. niloticus vs red hybrid tilapia) or over the gills of the same host lived in different conditions. Information on the occurrence, infection dynamics and spatial distribution of gill monogeneans from different fish hosts in different conditions are essential to furnish the information of the interactions of these parasites with their hosts. Therefore, the aims of the present study are (1) to compare the occurrence and infection level of gill monogeneans between the wild and cultured O. niloticus, and also between O. niloticus and the red hybrid tilapia, and (2) to investigate the spatial distribution of monogeneans over the gill arches for all types of fish hosts.
Methods
Collection of fish specimens
A total of 46 Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) and 29 red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) were collected for this study. Out of the 46 specimens of O. niloticus, 25 specimens were collected from natural waters in Mambang Diawan, Perak (4.2667° N, 101.1500° E) and the other 21 specimens of O. niloticus were collected from a fish farm at Temoh, Perak (4.3500° N, 101.16200° E). Whilst 29 specimens of red hybrid tilapia were obtained from three fish farms: Lawan Kuda (4.4500° N, 101.1667°), Simpang Pulai (4.4667° N, 101.1667° E) and Temoh (4.3500° N, 101.16200° E), Perak. Both cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia were reared separately in different ponds at Temoh fish farm. The water quality of the fish ponds was also determined.
Examination of fish
Collected fish were euthanised by severing their spinal cord immediately prior to examination (AVMA 2000). The total length and standard length of the fish were measured and recorded. The species of fish host were identified according to Froese and Pauly (2009) and Page and Burr (1991).
Collection and identification of monogeneans
Individual gill arches were detached, and placed in individual labeled petri dishes filled with distilled water. From the anterior portion of the gill arch below the operculum to the posterior, the four left gill arches were numbered as L I–L IV and the four right gill arches were numbered as R I–R IV. Monogeneans were removed carefully with a fine needle. They were mounted on a microscopic slide under a cover-slip directly in drops of ammonium picrate glycine (Malmberg 1957). The numbers of monogenean in each gill arch were counted under a stereomicroscope (Leica Zoom 2000, Germany). Monogenean species were identified according to the shape and/or size of the sclerotised parts of their haptoral and copulatory organs (Ergens 1981; Muterezi Bukinga et al. 2012; Pariselle et al. 2003) using a compound microscope (Leica CME model, Germany).
Data analyses
Prevalence, mean intensity as described by Margolis et al. (1982), and index of dispersion, I (Variance to mean ratio, where I > 1 indicated aggregated data) as described by Poulin (1993) were calculated. Chi square test and Fisher’s exact tests were used to compare the prevalence of monogeneans between host populations. The data obtained in the present study did not fall into a normal distribution after log transformations was performed. Therefore, distribution-free 2-sample bootstrap t tests were used to compare the mean intensity of monogeneans in different host groups (wild O. niloticus vs cultured O. niloticus; and cultured O. niloticus vs red hybrid tilapia) (Rózsa et al. 2000). Non-parametric Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare the distribution of monogeneans between left and right sides of gills, where Kruskal–Wallis analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple comparison was used to determine the significant difference between four pairs of gill arches (gill arches numbered I–IV). Data analyses for prevalence, mean intensity, Chi square test, Fisher’s exact test and bootstrap 2-sample t test (each with 2,000 replicates) were calculated and performed using the program Quantitative parasitology 3.0 (Rózsa et al. 2000). Since the standard deviations are uninformative in aggregated data (Rózsa et al. 2000), confidential interval (Wald method), and bootstrap bias-corrected and accelerated (BCa) confidential limit (cl) was reported for prevalence and mean intensities, respectively. Non-parametric test were performed using the software package SPSS 20.0. The level of significance is tested at the 5 % level.
Results
A total of six species of monogeneans were recovered from the gills of studied host specimens (Fig. 1; Table 1). Five species of monogenean belonging to Cichlidogyrus (C. halli Price & Kirk, 1967, C. mbirizei Muterezi Bukinga et al., 2012, C. sclerosus, C. thurstonae Ergens, 1981 and C. tilapiae Paperna, 1960) and one to Scutogyrus (Scutogyrus longicornis Paperna & Thurston, 1969). The monogenean community observed on the gills of the wild and cultured O. niloticus, and cultured red hybrid tilapia are different (Table 1). The red hybrid tilapia harbours all the six monogenean species while the wild O. niloticus hosts only three monogenean species. The water quality of the natural water was better than that of the fish farms (Table 2).
Infection level relative to wild and cultured fish
The prevalence and the mean intensity of the monogenean species infecting the gills of the wild (n = 25) and cultured (n = 21) O. niloticus were shown in Fig. 2. Cichlidogyrus tilapiae was the most frequently observed monogenean on the gills of both the wild and cultured O. niloticus, with prevalence of 92 and 100 %, respectively (Fig. 2a). However, the mean intensity of C. tilapiae was significantly higher in the cultured O. niloticus than in wild O. niloticus (t = 6.705, p < 0.001) (Fig. 2b). The prevalence of other monogeneans species in the cultured fish were significantly higher than that of the wild O. niloticus except for C. sclerosus, which was only infecting the wild tilapia (Fig. 2a). Statistical analysis for the mean intensity of C. halli, C. mbirizei, C. thurstonae and C. sclerosus between wild and cultured fish was not performed in the present study because one of the host groups (wild or cultured O. niloticus) was not infected by these monogeneans (Fig. 2b). All the six species of monogeneans showed aggregated distribution (I > 1) (Fig. 3). However, higher aggregation of monogenean species were found in the cultured fish as compared to the wild fish except for C. sclerosus that is only present in the wild fish and for C. tilapiae, which aggregated more in the wild fish (Fig. 3).
Infection level relative to cultured host species
Figure 4 shows the prevalence and mean intensity of the monogeneans that infecting the gills of the cultured O. niloticus (n = 21) and red hybrid tilapia (n = 29). In the present study, significantly higher prevalence of C. mbirizei, C. thurstonae and C. tilapiae were observed in the cultured O. niloticus as compared to the cultured red hybrid tilapia, whereas C. sclerosus has a significant higher prevalence in the cultured red hybrid tilapia only (χ2 = 26.219, df = 1, p < 0.001) (Fig. 4a). In contrast, mean intensity of all the monogeneans species observed were significantly higher in the red hybrid tilapia (p < 0.05) except for C. tilapiae, which has significantly higher mean intensity on the cultured O. niloticus (t = 6.705, p < 0.001) (Fig. 4b). Bootstrap t test cannot be performed for the mean intensity of C. sclerosus because they were only present on the gills of the red hybrid tilapia. Most of the monogenean species adopted higher aggregative distribution in the red hybrid tilapia than in O. niloticus (Fig. 5), except for C. tilapiae, which is slightly more aggregated in O. niloticus (I = 6.82) as compared to red hybrid tilapia (I = 6.25) (Fig. 5).
Spatial distribution of monogeneans on the gills of wild Oreochromis niloticus, cultured Oreochromis niloticus and red hybrid tilapia
The mean intensities of the monogeneans distributed on the gills of the wild O. niloticus, cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia were shown in Tables 3 and 4. None of the monogenean species showed a preference for either the left or the right gills of the wild O. niloticus, cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia (Mann–Whitney U test, p > 0.05) (Table 3). However, the distribution patterns of monogeneans amongst the gill arches were different among these fish hosts. In the wild O. niloticus, there is no significant difference in the distribution of the monogeneans amongst the four pairs of the gill arches (Table 4). In contrast, significant differences were observed in the distribution of C. mbirizei amongst the four pairs of gills arches from both the cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia (Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA, p < 0.05). In the cultured O. niloticus, C. mbirizei was found significantly more abundant on the first gill arches (L I and R I). However, C. mbirizei was significantly more abundant on the gill arches I, II and III of the cultured red hybrid tilapia (Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA and multiple comparison, p < 0.05) (Table 4). The numbers of C. tilapiae were significantly higher observed in the gill arches I, II and III of the cultured O. niloticus but no significant differences were observed in the red hybrid tilapia (Table 4). In contrast, the numbers of C. halli were significantly higher in the gill arches I, II and III in the cultured red hybrid tilapia but no significant difference was observed in cultured O. niloticus (Table 4). In general, the mean intensities of monogeneans were the lowest in gill arches IV of both the cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia (Table 4).
Discussion
Infection dynamics of gill monogeneans between the wild and cultured Oreochromis niloticus
The present study indicates that higher species richness and infection level of monogeneans were found in the cultured O. niloticus compared to the wild O. niloticus. This concurs with the finding by Ibrahim (2012) who reported that cultured fish were more likely to be infected by monogeneans parasites due to cultivation of high density of fish in aquaculture systems. Besides, low water quality in cultured pond may also increase stresses on fish and suppress their immune system, which would promote the transmission of parasites (Landsberg et al. 1998; Shoemaker et al. 2015).
Both C. tilapiae and C. sclerosus were usually considered as generalist parasites (Mendlová and Šimková 2014). However, in the present study C. tilapiae was the most dominant species found in the wild and cultured O. niloticus whilst C. sclerosus was found very less in the wild tilapia or even absent in the cultured O. niloticus. Similarly, higher intensities of C. tilapiae as compared to C. sclerosus were found in O. niloticus as reported by Akoll et al. (2012) in Uganda and Pantoja et al. (2012) in Brazil. The absence of C. sclerosus was also noted by Tombi et al. (2014) in the cultured O. niloticus from the Melen fish station in Cameroon.
Infection dynamics of gill monogeneans between the cultured Oreochromis niloticus and red hybrid tilapia
Higher species diversity and infection level were observed in the red hybrid tilapia than that of the cultured O. niloticus (Table 1; Fig. 4), indicating that hybrid tilapia are more susceptible to monogenean infections. Higher infection level of C. sclerosus on the gills of red hybrid tilapia as compared to O. niloticus was also reported by Maneepitaksanti et al. (2013). Moreover, Aguirre-Fey et al. (2015) found that the red hybrid tilapia (Pargo—UNAM), composed of 50 % Florida red tilapia, 25 % Rocky Mountain tilapia and 25 % red O. niloticus, have higher monogenean infection rate as compared to the wild-type O. niloticus. Similarly, Šimková et al. (2013) reported that hybrids of Cyprinid species (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1785 × Carassius gibelio Bloch, 1782) harboured more different species of parasites than that of their parental hosts. Higher susceptibility of hybrids towards monogeneans than their parental hosts might due to the host specificity of parasites and immunity of the fish hosts (Dupont and Crivelli 1988; Rubio-Godoy et al. 2004; Šimková et al. 2013). The authors proposed that mucus of the hybrids probably possess attractive compounds derived from each of their parental host species or that perhaps immune defences present in parental mucus is weakened in the hybrids. In the present study, C. sclerosus showed less preference to the gills of cultured O. niloticus than that of the red hybrid tilapia. This is because the natural host for C. sclerosus is O. mossambicus (see Le Roux and Avenant-Oldewage 2010) and the red hybrid tilapia might possess substances that derived from its parental host. Other biotic and abiotic factors included water quality (Madanire-Moyo et al. 2012), host sex and size (Akoll et al. 2011; Ibrahim 2012; Madanire-Moyo et al. 2011; Tombi et al. 2014; Vanhove et al. 2015) may also influence the species richness and infection level of monogeneans on tilapia fish. Further experimental studies should be performed to determine the relationship between the infection levels of monogeneans and the above mentioned factors.
All the monogeneans infected both the cultured O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia are commonly found in these two species of tilapia, except for C. mbirizei. Cichlidogyrus mbirizei was first found on the gills of endemic fish, Oreochromis tanganicae Günther, 1894 by Muterezi Bukinga et al. (2012). Later, C. mbirizei had also been reported from red hybrid tilapia in Thailand by Lerssutthichawal et al. (2016). The authors suggested that C. mbirizei might be translocated with host during fish trading. Similarly, C. mbirizei may be introduced into Malaysia when tilapia fish were imported for local fish farmers and this may provide opportunities for the monogeneans to transfer and infect other closely related tilapia species (Bauer 1991; Pariselle et al. 2011).
Spatial distribution of monogeneans on gills
The present study indicates that there was no statistical difference in the distribution of monogeneans between the left and the right gills of O. niloticus and red hybrid tilapia. Similarly, Agos (2013), Madanire-Moyo et al. (2011) and Tombi et al. (2014) also reported that there is no significant difference in the preferences of monogeneans on both the gill sides of Oreochromis spp. According to Rohde (1993), the preferences of a parasite to specific site of the host may be associated with the body symmetry of the parasites. Since Cichlidogyrus and Scutogyrus are bilateral symmetry, it is very likely that the monogeneans can have equitable distribution on both sides of the gills, which have similar morphology and exposure to ventilation current.
This study revealed that same species of monogeneans probably distribute differently over the gills of different species of hosts (O. niloticus vs red hybrid tilapia) as well as same species of host in different conditions (wild vs cultured O. niloticus) (Table 4). Our results also show that fish species with higher mean intensity and higher aggregation index may have higher chances to show preferences for specific gill arches (Table 4). For example, the numbers of C. halli were significantly higher in first three gills of red hybrid tilapia, which have higher mean intensity and aggregation, but not in both the wild and cultured O. niloticus. Higher aggregation distribution of the monogeneans on the gills of red hybrid tilapia facilitates the opportunities for mating and led to higher infection level in fish (Tombi et al. 2014). The present study indicates that the first two to three gills were mostly infected by all the species of monogeneans, except for the monogeneans in the wild O. niloticus that distributed randomly over the four pairs of gills arches. Some researchers proposed that higher preferences of parasites on median arches II and III are due to two main factors: respiratory water currents and gill surface area (Gutiérrez and Martorelli 1999; Paling 1968). The authors suggested that greater respiratory water current flowing through the gills will facilitate the settlement of these parasites. However, further study is required to determine the factors affecting the distribution of Cichlidogyrus and Scutogyrus on the gills of fish hosts. In the present study, the gill arch IV was the least infected by monogeneans in most of the cases. This may be due to the fact that the gill arch IV has the smallest colonised surfaces area and the lowest number of gill filaments as compared to the first three gill arches (El-Naggar and Reda 2003; Gutiérrez and Martorelli 1999; Madanire-Moyo et al. 2011; Tombi et al. 2014).
Conclusion
In the present study, we revealed that same species of monogeneans have different infection dynamics over the gills of different species of tilapia and same species of tilapia kept in different conditions. In general, the cultured red hybrid tilapia have a higher monogenean infection rate than those of wild tilapia and cultured O. niloticus. Monogeneans prefer to harbour on the gill arches I and II but have no preference on the left or right side of the gills. The information obtained may provide strategies in aquaculture management to reduce potential economic losses of tilapia caused by parasitic infection.
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WWL, OAL and LSY conceived and designed the study. LSY and WWL performed the experiment. WWL, OAL and LSY performed analysis and interpretation of data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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This project is funded by the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Research Fund (Vote No. 6200/W37). The authors are grateful to Pariselle A for his advice in parasite identification and contribution of selected articles, to fish farmers, Tan KT and Jacky for their contribution of fish samples, and to Teoh HX for his assistance in the laboratory. The authors also acknowledge the waiver of the article-processing charge granted by the SpringerPlus.
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All experimental protocols involving animals were approved by the Scientific and Ethical Review Committee of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia (U/SERC/17/2016).
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Lim, SY., Ooi, AL. & Wong, WL. Gill monogeneans of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) from the wild and fish farms in Perak, Malaysia: infection dynamics and spatial distribution. SpringerPlus 5, 1609 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-3266-2
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