Epizootiology of Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of salmonid whirling disease in the Rock Creek drainage of west-central Montana

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-119

  Granath Jr , Willard O ^a   Gilbert, Michael A ^a   Wyatt Pescador, Elizabeth J ^a   Vincent, E Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONID;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PERIODICITY; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMONID; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WHIRLING DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; RIVER;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; ROCK CREEK; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOZOA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; TRIACTINOMYXON; TRIACTINOMYXON TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MONTANA; OLIGOCHAETA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RIVERS;

EID: 34247271377     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-948R.1     Document Type: Article

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