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Species data
Common names
Name:
Grooved Carpet shell clam
Family:
Venus clams
Name:
Bivalve shellfish
Latin names
Name:
Ruditapes decussatus
Family:
Veneridae
Name:
Teleodesmacea
Diseases affected
Disease name
Occurance
Reference
Infection with Perkinsus olseni
Experimental demonstration
Cross-infection with Perkinsus atlanticus in Ruditapes decussatus, Ruditapes philippinarum and Venerupis pullastra.
Development and validation of a specific real-time PCR assay for the detection of the parasite Perkinsus olseni
Infection with Perkinsus olseni
Natural occurrence
Fine structure of Perkinsus atlanticus n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Perkinsea) parasite of the clam Ruditapes decussatus from Portugal.
OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition]
OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Principal parasites observed in clams, Ruditapes decussatus (L.), Ruditapes phillippinarium (Adams et Reeve), Venerupis pullastra (Montagu) and Venerupis aureus (Gmelin), from the Huelva coast (S.W. Spain).
Perkinsea
Natural occurrence
OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
World Animal Health in 1997. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
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Country
Reference
Tunisia
First assessment of Perkinsosis and brown ring disease co-infection in Ruditapes decussatus in the North Lake of Tunis (southern Mediterramean Sea).
IDAAD
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