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Hook, line and infection: a guide to culturing parasites, establishing Infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback

Stewart, Alexander, Jackson, Joseph, Barber, Iain, Eizaguirre, Christophe, Paterson, Rachel, van West, Pieter, Williams, Chris and Cable, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-7055 2017. Hook, line and infection: a guide to culturing parasites, establishing Infections and assessing immune responses in the three-spined stickleback. Advances in Parasitology 98 , pp. 39-109. 10.1016/bs.apar.2017.07.001

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Abstract

The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a model organism with an extremely well-characterized ecology, evolutionary history, behavioural repertoire and parasitology that is coupled with published genomic data. These small temperate zone fish therefore provide an ideal experimental system to study common diseases of coldwater fish, including those of aquacultural importance. However, detailed information on the culture of stickleback parasites, the establishment and maintenance of infections and the quantification of host responses is scattered between primary and grey literature resources, some of which is not readily accessible. Our aim is to lay out a framework of techniques based on our experience to inform new and established laboratories about culture techniques and recent advances in the field. Here, essential knowledge on the biology, capture and laboratory maintenance of sticklebacks, and their commonly studied parasites is drawn together, highlighting recent advances in our understanding of the associated immune responses. In compiling this guide on the maintenance of sticklebacks and a range of common, taxonomically diverse parasites in the laboratory, we aim to engage a broader interdisciplinary community to consider this highly tractable model when addressing pressing questions in evolution, infection and aquaculture.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0065-308X
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 1 September 2017
Date of Acceptance: 24 July 2017
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2023 17:34
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104211

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