Parasites of Fish from the Great Lakes - Great Lakes Fishery ...

Table 3. Parasites reported in fishes from Lake Michigan, 1874-2010. Host documentation, in
order, consists of references, when observed (cdnp = collection data not provided), prevalence
defined as the percentage (%) of fish infected (pnp = prevalence not provided), mean intensity
defined as the mean number of parasites per infected fish (minp = mean intensity not provided),
mean abundance defined as the mean number of parasites per examined fish and noted with an
asterisk, location (lns = location not specified or incomplete), latitude and longitude (llnk =
latitude and longitude not known).
Mastigophora (Flagellates)
Trypanosomatidae Doflein, 1911
Trypanosoma sp.
Site of Infection: Blood
Host:
Cottus bairdii: Yeo 1985; 1982-1983; 79%; minp; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 43º2′20″/-87º54′23″)
Cottus cognatus: Yeo 1985; 79%; minp; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ciliophora (Ciliates)
Trichodinidae Raabe, 1959
Trichodina sp.
Site of Infection: Gills
Host:
Petromyzon marinus: Guilford 1954; 1951-1952; 1%; minp; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; 44º51′14″/-
87º23′40″
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (age-0 and age-1 fish): Muzzall 1993; May, August, September 1983, July,
August 1989, May-October, 1990; pnp; minp; Scottville, Michigan; 43º57′17″/-86º16′48″
Alosa pseudoharengus: Muzzall 1994; May 1990-July 1992;