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Accession number:

451

Host species (latin):

Limanda limanda

Common name:

Dab, Common

Disease/condition:

Gill lymphocystis

Location (host):

Gills

Aetiology:

Iridovirus

Aetiology:

Iridovirus

Additional Information:

Significance:

A common disease of marine flatfish. Usually restricted to epithelial cells, rarely found internally. Unusual finding in the gill.

Lession:

Grossly hypertrophied epithelial cells amongst the normal respiratory epithelium.

Stains:

Location:

Not recorded

Area:

North Sea

Country:

Submitter:

D. Bucke

Accession date:

9/1/1992

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