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Accession number:

448

Host species (latin):

Pollachius virens

Common name:

Saithe

Disease/condition:

Myxosporidiosis

Location (host):

Gall bladder

Aetiology:

Myxidium gadi

Aetiology:

Myxidium gadi

Additional Information:

Significance:

Common parasite in saith, pollock and other gadoids. Not usually causing such a marked pathological host response

Lession:

Numerous plasmodia of M. gadi attached to the gallbladder epithelium, which in turn has been thrown into papillomatous folds

Stains:

Location:

Not recorded

Area:

North Sea

Country:

Submitter:

S.W. Feist

Accession date:

1/1/1992

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