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Accession number:

545

Host species (latin):

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Common name:

Trout, Rainbow Freshwater

Disease/condition:

Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD)

Location (host):

Kidney

Aetiology:

Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Aetiology:

Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Additional Information:

Significance:

Significant cause of mortality in farmed stocks.

Lession:

Severe inflammatory response in the kidney and primary gill filaments associated with the presence of numerous PKD cells.

Stains:

Location:

Fish farm location

Area:

Not recorded

Country:

Submitter:

S.W. Feist

Accession date:

10/16/1997

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