A great natural way to help combat external parasites using mussels.

I always thought that this could be a good idea and someone’s actually done the ground work to find evidence that it works!

(I’ve been finding that this has been a recurring theme with all my inventions too!).

I wonder if it can work with other parasites such as flukes, Cryptocaryon and others.

Great work to the primary investigators and the team behind them!

Journal of Fish Diseases
Volume 36, Number 3 (March 2013)
	Filtration of sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, copepodids by the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, and the Atlantic sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus, under different flow, light and copepodid-density regimes
	Authors:	A Bartsch, S M C Robinson, M Liutkus, K P Ang, J Webb, C M Pearce
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	Source:	Journal of Fish Diseases, Volume 36, Number 3 (March 2013)
	Page Numbers:	361 – 370
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	Abstract:	Population management of Lepeophtheirus salmonisin Canada currently relies on chemotherapeutants to remove attached stages of the ectoparasite. However, some populations of L. salmonisare developing resistance to chemotherapeutants making alternate management measures necessary. This article explores the ability of filter-feeding shellfish [i.e. blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and Atlantic sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus)] to consume the copepodid stages of L. salmonisin the laboratory under static and flowing water conditions, with variable copepodid densities, and with the aid of a light attractant. Mytilus edulisconsumed copepodids under both static and flowing water conditions, and the proportion of individuals ingested was similar at low and high copepodid densities, suggesting that M. eduliswas not saturated at the concentrations tested. Also, M. edulisconsumed more copepodids when a light attractant was present, suggesting that lights may be useful to concentrate widely dispersed copepodids around cultured shellfish in the field. Finally, P. magellanicusconsumed the same number of copepodids as an equivalent total wet weight of M. edulis. During each of the four separate experiments, shellfish consumed between 18 and 38% of the copepodids presented perhour, suggesting that both species are well suited for low level removal of copepodids over time.
	Citation:	A Bartsch, S M C Robinson, M Liutkus, K P Ang, J Webb, C M Pearce . Filtration of sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, copepodids by the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, and the Atlantic sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus, under different flow, light and copepodid-density regimes. Journal of Fish Diseases, Volume 36, Number 3 (March 2013), pp. 361-370, <http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=42ABA5C9A1273865C962&gt;
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