Universitat de València

Juan Antonio Raga Esteve (IP1)

Institution: Universitat de València
Category: Professor
Mail: raga@uv.es

Francisco Esteban Montero Royo (IP2)

Institution: Universitat de València
Category: Lecturer
Mail: Francisco.E.Montero@uv.es

Ana Pérez del Olmo

Institution: Universitat de València
Category: Lecturer
Mail: ana.perez-olmo@uv.es

Aigues Repullés Albelda

Institution: Universitat de València
Category: Research Fellow
Mail: aigues.repulles@uv.es

Mar Villar Torres

Institution: Universitat de València
Category: Research Fellow
Mail: Mar.Villar@uv.es

Responsible

• Task 4.2.1.Identification of life cycles of fish parasites, vectors and reservoirs.
• Task 4.2.2. Development of experimental models for the main fish pathologies.
• Task 4.5.1 (M6-M18) Creation of the REMEDISA network.

Participant

• Task 4.1.1. Creation of protocols for taking, sending, receiving and analyzing samples.
• Task 4.1.2. Identification of new pathogens and their pathologies.
• Task 4.1.3. Design and validation of new molecular methods for pathogen diagnosis and detection.
• Task 4.1.4. Improvement of diagnostic tests for parasitic diseases through the use of.
• Task 4.1.5. Alternative pathogen detection.
• Task 4.4.1.Development of methods to control parasitic diseases.
• Task 4.4.3. Evaluation of the microcidal potential of electrolyzed water.
• Task 4.6.1. Dissemination and transfer of knowledge and scientific-technical tools.
• Task 4.7.1. Training of future professionals.
• Task 4.7.2. Promoting the shared use of research resources and infrastructures.

Montero, F., Crespo, S., Padrós, F., De La Gándara, F., García, A. G., & Raga, J. A. (2004). Effects of the gill parasite Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae) on the amberjack Seriola dumerili Risso (Teleostei: Carangidae). Aquaculture, 232(1-4), 153-163.

Repullés-Albelda et al. 2008. Speciation of Paradeontacylix spp. (Sanguinicolidae) in Seriola dumerili with descriptions of two new species of the genus PAradeontaclyx from the Mediterranean. Parasitology International, 57(3): 405- 414.

Sánchez-García, N., Padrós, F., Raga, J. A., & Montero, F. (2011). Comparative study of the three attachment mechanisms of diplectanid monogeneans. Aquaculture, 318(3-4), 290-299.

Repullés-Albelda, A., Holzer, A. S., Raga, J. A., & Montero, F. (2012). Oncomiracidial development, survival and swimming behaviour of the monogenean Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Van Beneden and Hesse, 1863). Aquaculture, 338-341, 47-55.

Villar-Torres, M., Montero, F., Raga, J. A., & Repullés-Albelda, A. (2018). Come rain or come shine: environmental effects on the infective stages of Sparicotyle chrysophrii, a key pathogen in Mediterranean aquaculture. Parasites & Vectors, 11(1).

Kostadinova, A., Pérez-del-Olmo, A. (2024). The Systematics of the Trematoda. In: Toledo, R., Fried, B. (eds) Digenetic Trematodes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1454. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60121-7_2

Riera-Ferrer, E., Estensoro, I., López-Gurillo, B., Del Pozo, R., Montero, F. E., Sitjà-Bobadilla, A., & Palenzuela, O. (2024). Hooked on fish blood: the reliance of a gill parasite on haematophagy. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 291(2033). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1611

Born-Torrijos, A., van Beest, G. S., Merella, P., Garippa, G., Raga, J. A., & Montero, F. E. (2023). Mapping a brain parasite: occurrence and spatial distribution in fish encephalon. International Journal for Parasitology. Parasites and Wildlife, 21, 22–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.03.004

Víllora-Montero, M., Pérez-del-Olmo, A., Valmaseda-Angulo, M., Raga, J. A., & Montero, F. E. (2023). The genus Microcotyle in Mediterranean scorpaenoids (Teleostei), including the description of Microcotyle merche n. sp. from Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809). Journal of Helminthology, 97(e25). https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x23000019

van Beest, G. S., Montero, F. E., Padrós, F., Raga, J. A., & Born-Torrijos, A. (2023). Visible Implant Elastomers in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) for experimental research: Preferred injection sites to optimize tag retention and minimize histological effects. Fisheries Research, 262(106651), 106651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106651

Villar-Torres, M., Montero, F. E., Raga, J. A., & Repullés-Albelda, A. (2023c). Diagnostic strategies for sparicotyle chrysophrii detection based on size-variability and site-location. Aquaculture Reports, 31, 101658.

Villar-Torres, M., Montero, F. E., Raga, J. A., & Repullés-Albelda, A. (2023b). Effects of temperature and age on the swimming behaviour of a fish parasite, sparicotyle chrysophrii. Animal Behaviour, 200, 159-166.

López-Verdejo, A., Born-Torrijos, A., Montero-Cortijo, E., Raga, J. A., Valmaseda-Angulo, M., & Montero, F. (2022). Infection process, viability and establishment of Anisakis simplex s.l. L3 in farmed fish; A histopathological study in gilthead seabream. Veterinary Parasitology, 311, 109805.

López-Verdejo, A., Montero, F., De La Gándara, F., Gallego, M., Ortega, A., Raga, J. A., & Palacios-Abella, J. F. (2022). A severe microsporidian disease in cultured Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus). IMA Fungus, 13(1). 

Villar-Torres, M., Montero, F., Merella, P., Garippa, G., Cherchi, S., Raga, J. A., & Repullés-Albelda, A. (2022). From development to taxonomy: the case of Sciaenacotyle pancerii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) in the Mediterranean meagre. Parasitology, 149(13), 1695-1701.

Villar-Torres, M., Montero, F., Raga, J. A., & Repullés-Albelda, A. (2023). The influence of water temperature on the life-cycle of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae), a common parasite in gilthead seabream aquaculture. Aquaculture, 565, 739103.