Efficacy of passive sand filtration in reducing exposure of salmonids to the actinospore of Myxobolus cerebralis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Nehring, R Barry ^a   Thompson, Kevin G ^a   Taurman, Karen ^a   Atkinson, William ^a  

^a Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Myxobolus cerebralis; Salmonid whirling disease; Sand filtration

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; FILTRATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SALMONID;

ANNELIDA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; OLIGOCHAETA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TRIACTINOMYXON; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; RAINBOW TROUT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; FILTRATION; FISH DISEASES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 1442308387     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao057077     Document Type: Article

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