Differences in Ichthyophonus prevalence and infection severity between upper Yukon River and Tanana River chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), stocks

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 497-503

  Kocan, R ^a,b   Hershberger, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Canada; Chinook salmon; Ichthyophonus; Tanana River; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFECTIVITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTIST; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING GROUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; HEART; ICHTHYOSPOREA; ICHTHYOSPOREA INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMON; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; HEART; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MESOMYCETOZOEA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SALMON;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

ICHTHYOPHONUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 33746803276     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2006.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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