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Accession number:

498

Host species (latin):

Cyprinus carpio

Common name:

Carp, Koi

Disease/condition:

Hoferellosis

Location (host):

Kidney

Aetiology:

Hoferellus cyprini

Aetiology:

Hoferellus cyprini

Additional Information:

Submitted from Langford VIC

Significance:

Associated with low level mortalities in fish from the same source. Not usually considered to be a serious pathogen of carp.

Lession:

Cystic hyperplasia of the kidney resulting in gross swelling. Parasite stages present in the distended renal tubule lumens.

Stains:

Location:

Not recorded

Area:

Not recorded

Country:

Submitter:

S.W. Feist

Accession date:

7/5/1993

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