Mouse bioassay and mongoose bioassay, Biology

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(i) Which species of microalgae are associated with ciguatera fish poisoning?

(ii) Name five fish species generally implicated in ciguatera fish poisoning in Mauritius

(b) Which are the bioassays presently used for testing ciguatera fish poisoning? Mouse bioassay and Mongoose bioassay.

(c) Briefly differentiate between the habitat of the

(i) Pterois spp (laffe volant);
(ii) Scaorpaena spp ( Laffe corail); and
(iii) the Synanceia spp

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