Factors influencing the distribution of Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of whirling disease, in the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-60

  Allen, M Brady ^a   Bergersen, Eric P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Myxobolus cerebralis; Salmonid whirling disease; Trout rearing unit; Tubifex tubifex

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITIC DISEASE; SALMONID;

CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

FRESH WATER;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANNELID WORM; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROUT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; COLORADO; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; OLIGOCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROUT;

EID: 0037165523     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao049051     Document Type: Article

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