A5019767459- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Helminth infection and control
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Infectious Diseases and Mycology
- Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
- Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Biological Research and Disease Studies
Xunta de Galicia
2015-2025
Universidad de Alcalá
2016-2025
University of the Basque Country
2019-2025
Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre
2022
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
2022
Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal
2022
Fondazione Edmund Mach
2022
Hospital Arnau de Vilanova
2022
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
2017
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
2010
A mass mortality event impacting the bivalve Pinna nobilis was detected across a wide geographical area of Spanish Mediterranean Sea (Western Sea) in early autumn 2016. Underwater visual censuses were conducted several localities separated by hundreds kilometres along coasts and revealed worrying high rates reaching up to 100% center southernmost Iberian Peninsula including Balearic Islands. Populations on northern seemed be unaffected (Catalonian region). Histological examination affected...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 31:127-139 (1997) - doi:10.3354/dao031127 Symbionts and diseases farmed mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis throughout culture process in Rías Galicia (NW Spain) Antonio Villalba, Susana G. Mourelle, María J. Carballal, Carmen López Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería Pesca, Marisqueo e Acuicultura, Xunta...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 29:127-135 (1997) - doi:10.3354/dao029127 Hemolymph cell types mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Carballal MJ, López MC, Azevedo C, Villalba A Two circulating hemocytes were identified in hemolymph: hyalinocytes and granulocytes. The are agranular cells show a central nucleus surrounded by relatively small cytoplasm....
A new solitary species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta), Loxosoma discoides n. sp., is described. The specimens were found in the intertidal level two locations Galician (NW Spain) coast. This species, with "table-tennis bat" appearance, characterised by showing large lateral wings calyx, which confer singular aspect. It first record this genus at coast Iberian Peninsula.
Transmissible cancers are parasitic malignant cell lineages that have acquired the ability to infect new hosts from same species, or sometimes related species. First described in dogs and Tasmanian devils, transmissible were later discovered some marine bivalves affected by a leukaemia-like disease. In Mytilus mussels, two of bivalve neoplasia (BTN) been date (MtrBTN1 MtrBTN2), both which emerged trossulus founder individual. Here, we performed extensive screening genetic chimerism, hallmark...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 50:51-65 (2002) - doi:10.3354/dao050051 Study perkinsosis in carpet shell clam Tapes decussatus Galicia (NW Spain). I. Identification aetiological agent and vitro modulation zoosporulation by temperature salinity Sandra M. Casas1, Antonio Villalba1,*, Kimberly S. Reece2 1Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería...
The highest shellfishery catch in Galicia (NW Spain) has traditionally been cockle Cerastoderma edule. shellfish bed located Lombos do Ulla (Ría de Arousa) used to be among those with the production; however, mortality rate increased sharply this April 2012, reaching 100% May 2012. Salinity and temperature were discounted as potential causes of mortality. Marteiliosis, which was first detected February 2012 reached prevalence identified most probable cause. Marteiliosis had never Galician...
A mass mortality event (MME) affecting the fan mussel Pinna nobilis was first detected in Spain autumn 2016 and spread north- eastward through Mediterranean Sea. Various pathogens have been blamed for contributing to MME, with emphasis Haplosporidium pinnae , Mycobacterium sp. Vibrio spp. In this study, samples from 762 mussels (necropsies 263 individuals, mantle biopsies 499) of various health conditions, wide geographic age range, taken before during MME environments along Sea, were used...
DAO Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 65:257-267 (2005) - doi:10.3354/dao065257 Study perkinsosis in carpet shell clam Tapes decussatus Galicia (NW Spain). II. Temporal pattern disease dynamics and association with mortality Antonio Villalba*, Sandra M. Casas, Carmen López, María J. Carballal Centro de Investigacións Mariñas, Consellería Pesca e Asuntos...
The histological location, morphological fedtures and ultrastructural characters of the sporulation parasite causing Marteiliasis affecting cultured mussels in Galicia fit characteristics defined for type species Marteilia relringens early stages infection are confined to host stomach epithelium.The spreading parasites through digestive diverticula involves a n exponential increase number as progresses, suggesting occurrence merogony, addition well known sporulation.The usually triggers...