Schmidt, Hanno
Mauer, Katharina
Glaser, Manuel
Dezfuli, Bahram Sayyaf
Hellmann, Sören Lukas
Silva Gomes, Ana Lúcia
Butter, Falk
Wade, Rebecca C.
Hankeln, Thomas
Herlyn, Holger
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HE 3487/5-1, HE 3487/5-1, HE 3487/5-1, HE 3487/5-1)
Klaus Tschira Stiftung
Acanthocephalan Control Project in Fish Farming – CAP, Amazonas Strategic (FAPEAM 004/2018)
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 11 May 2022
Accepted: 12 September 2022
First Online: 30 September 2022
Declarations
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: Animal usage followed the guidelines of the European Union (Directive 2010/63/EU). All parasites used in our study were excised from fishes which had been caught and sacrificed by authorized and experienced persons: (a) <i>Neoechinorhynchus buttnerae</i>: withdrawal of fish from aquaculture under the umbrella of the Brazilian government project: Control Project in Fish Farming – CAP, Amazonas Strategic - FAPEAM 004/2018, (b) <i>Pomphorhynchus laevis</i> from eel: license no. 16692 issued by VDSF Verbands Deutscher Sportfischer e.V., LV Rheinland-Pfalz e.V., Germany, (c) <i>Neoechinorhynchus agilis</i>: fishes provided by Po Delta Park Administration, Italy, (d) <i>Pomphorhynchus laevis</i> from barbel: fishing rights with fishing cooperative Hannoversch Münden, Germany. Without exception, material (intestines) from natural infections was used that would otherwise have been discarded. For carrying out sequencing of acanthocephalan DNA and RNA no approval by an ethics committee was required. The study was conducted in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.