Sentences with phrase «shellfish poisoning»

They have found that, since 1982, areas of these oceans have warmed and become more hospitable to Alexandrium and Dinophysis, two genera of micro-organism with species that manufacture neurotoxins that can cause paralytic and diarrhoetic shellfish poisoning in humans.

Warmer sea - surface temperatures can boost the frequency of harmful algal blooms, leading to an increased incidence of paralytic shellfish poisoning.

What is paralytic shellfish poisoning?

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Psudeo - nitzschia «Pseudo-nitzschia is a marine planktonic diatom genus containing some species capable of producing the neurotoxin domoic acid (DA), which is responsible for the neurological disorder known as amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP).»

Florida red tide is a harmful algal bloom produced by the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis that causes respiratory impairment in humans and marine life, and is responsible for shellfish poisoning.

Alexandrium and Dinophysis are serious health concerns as they make neurotoxins and gastrointestinal toxins that can cause paralytic and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in humans.

Some of the algae, or phytoplankton, manufacture saxitoxin, a poison so devastating it is the underlying cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning, an often - lethal reaction to shellfish that are storing toxic algal cells.

This was the first recorded incidence of paralytic shellfish poisoning on the west coast of North America.

Dinophysis shellfish toxins (okadaic acid and derivatives) cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and are produced by marine dinoflagellates in the genus Dinophysis.

Domoic acid, a neurotoxin that causes amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans, is produced by marine diatoms in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia.

Not exact matches

Well I have the opposite my four - year - old child is extremely picky and has a fear of anything fishy, ever since he got a minor poisoning from shellfish.

The incident should serve as a warning that fish, in addition to shellfish, can accumulate domoic acid at levels high enough to poison people, says one of the study's authors, Frances Gulland, chief veterinarian at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California.

Shellfish such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops also carry a risk of food poisoning.

Through this initiative, students from six local public middle schools monitor the waters around Mount Desert Island by regularly testing phytoplankton for toxic species, particularly the most prevalent one, Alexandrium, which is known to trigger red tide events — toxic discoloration of ocean waters — that can result in poisoning shellfish.

* Foods that cause a chemical reaction (histamine release) in your dog such as strawberries and shellfish) * Food poisoning * Eating spoiled food * Eating a foreign object