Survey of parasites in threatened stocks of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in oregon by examination of wet tissues and histology

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1085-1098

  Ferguson, Jayde A ^a,b   St Hilaire, Sophie ^a,b   Peterson, Tracy S ^a   Rodnick, Kenneth J ^a,c   Kent, Michael L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSCLE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOLOGY; SALMONID;

APOPHALLUS; ARTICLE; CAPRINIANA PISCIUM; CHLOROMYXUM MAJORI; DENSITY; EPISTYLIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GILL; HISTOLOGY; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METACERCARIA; MICROORGANISM; MYXIDIUM SALVELINI; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS INSIDIOSUS; NANOPHYETUS SALMINCOLA; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOCAPILLARIA SALVELINI; SANGUINICOLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHODINA TRUTTAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; MUSCLES; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; OREGON; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; VISCERA;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

APOPHALLUS; CAPRINIANA PISCIUM; CHLOROMYXUM; EPISTYLIS; MYXIDIUM; MYXOBOLUS INSIDIOSUS; MYXOBOLUS SP.; NANOPHYETUS SALMINCOLA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PSEUDOCAPILLARIA; SANGUINICOLA; TRICHODINA;

EID: 84855360517     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2757.1     Document Type: Article

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