Monitoring of Kudoa septempunctata in Cultured Olive Flounder and Wild Fish in Jeju Island during 2012

Abstract

The study surveyed infection rate of Kudoa septempunctata parasitized in the trunk muscle of olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, cultured in Jeju Island and wild fish species caught in the coastal area around Jeju Island during 2012. Among 143 olive flounder that were randomly sampled from 26 different culture farms, K. septempunctata was detected in 7 fish samples (4.9%) from 4 different culture farms, showing no typical Kudoa infestation. However, K. septempunctata was not detected in olive flounder fry sampled from hatcheries and 8 species of wild fish. In addition, we compared 3 different sampling sites on trunk muscle of 7 Kudoa positive fish that included head part, tail part and entire muscle. Among 7 fish, K. septempunctata was detected in 3 fish that were sampled from head part; while 4 fish from tail part of trunk muscle. However, all 7 fish were positive when sampled from entire muscle. Thus, we suggest that it will be more efficient to use entire muscle sample than sampling partial muscle parts for detection of K. septempunctata.