Occurrence and host associations of Dollfustrema bagarii (Digenea: Bucephalidae) in channel catfish cage culture in Northern Vietnam

Hung Anh Le; Manh Duc Vu; Truong Dinh Hoai; Van Kim Van; Minh Anh Kim; Ha Nguyen Van; Hoang Van Hien; Nguyen Ngoc Chinh; Anh Tuan Tran; Nadezhda Simonova; Dmitry Atopkin; Stephen E. Greiman; Henry Madsen; Hung Manh Nguyen

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Occurrence and host associations of Dollfustrema bagarii (Digenea: Bucephalidae) in channel catfish cage culture in Northern Vietnam

Hung Anh Le, Manh Duc Vu, Truong Dinh Hoai, Van Kim Van, Minh Anh Kim, Ha Nguyen Van, Hoang Van Hien, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, Anh Tuan Tran, Nadezhda Simonova, Dmitry Atopkin, Stephen E. Greiman, Henry Madsen, Hung Manh Nguyen

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A survey was conducted across 11 provinces in Northern Vietnam to investigate the distribution of Dollfustrema bagarii metacercariae – a causative agent of significant losses in cultured channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) – and to identify its first intermediate host. A total of 337 fish specimens were collected from 103 farms. Metacercariae of D. bagarii were detected in 72 farms (69.9% of farms), and 44.51% of the sampled fish were positive. The prevalence in lowland provinces was 3.14 times higher than that in mountainous regions (p < 0.001), while no significant difference was observed between fish cultured in reservoir/lake and those in river (p = 0.634). We identified the golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) as the first intermediate host of D. bagarii. The morphological characteristics of its daughter sporocyst and cercariae were described, and the identification was confirmed through comparison of 28 S rDNA sequences with those of D. bagarii.

Original language	English
Article number	133
Journal	Parasitology Research
Volume	124
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-025-08596-9
State	Published - Nov 2025

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Parasitology
General Veterinary
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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Intermediate host mussel
Introduced fish
Limnoperna fortunei
“Off-white grub” disease

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Le, H. A., Vu, M. D., Hoai, T. D., Van, V. K., Kim, M. A., Van, H. N., Van Hien, H., Chinh, N. N., Tran, A. T., Simonova, N., Atopkin, D., Greiman, S. E., Madsen, H., & Nguyen, H. M. (2025). Occurrence and host associations of Dollfustrema bagarii (Digenea: Bucephalidae) in channel catfish cage culture in Northern Vietnam. Parasitology Research, 124(11), Article 133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-025-08596-9

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Occurrence and host associations of Dollfustrema bagarii (Digenea: Bucephalidae) in channel catfish cage culture in Northern Vietnam

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