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Accession number:

163

Host species (latin):

Thymallus thymallus

Common name:

Grayling

Disease/condition:

Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD)

Location (host):

Kidney

Aetiology:

Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Aetiology:

Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Additional Information:

Significance:

Serious pathogen of salmonids in Europe and North America. Grayling exhibit typical clinical signs.

Lession:

Histology showed haemopoetic cell hyperplasia in the kidney. Typical nodular inflammatory response to the parasite.

Stains:

Location:

Not recorded

Area:

Yorkshire

Country:

Submitter:

E.B. Hudson

Accession date:

11/26/1980

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