FIG. 1.
The numbers of C. parvum (Cp) oocysts, G. lamblia (Gl) cysts, and spores of E. intestinalis (Ei), E. hellem (Eh), and E. bieneusi (Eb) recovered from commercial market-size (>7.6-cm) triploids of Asian (Suminoe) oysters (Crassostrea ariakensis) maintained in 30-gallon-capacity marine tanks with various salinities (i.e., high, 20 ppt; medium, 12 ppt; and low, 8 ppt). Oysters were sampled in batches of five specimens on day 6 pwi with 1.0 × 105 transmissive stages of each of the pathogens.