Comparative susceptibility of Atlantic salmon, lake trout and rainbow trout to Myxobolus cerebralis in controlled laboratory exposures

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Blazer, V S ^a   Densmore, C L ^a   Schill, W B ^a   Cartwright, D D ^b   Page, S J ^a  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Lake trout; Myxobolus cerebralis; Rainbow trout; Whirling disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; SALMONID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH; TRIACTINOMYXON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FISH DISEASE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SALMONID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FISH DISEASES; HEAD; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 2342506501     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao058027     Document Type: Article

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