Publication Abstract

Signal crayfish acting as vectors of crayfish plague in the UK

D.J. Alderman, D. Holdich and I.D. Reeve

An outbreak of crayfish plague (caused by the fungus Aphanomyces astaci) is described in white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, in enclosed pond culture in an area of England from which no disease outbreaks have yet been reported. Signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, from commercial culture, introduced to adjacent ponds shortly before the disease outbreak, appear to have been the disease carriers.

Reference:

D.J. Alderman, D. Holdich and I.D. Reeve, 1990. Signal crayfish acting as vectors of crayfish plague in the UK. Aquaculture, 86: 3-6.