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Accession number:

804

Host species (latin):

Argopecten purpuratus

Common name:

Scallop, Peruvian

Disease/condition:

Rickettsiosis

Location (host):

Gills

Aetiology:

Rickettsia

Aetiology:

Rickettsia

Additional Information:

Significance:

Has been associated with mass mortality of King Scallops (Pecten Maximus) from the English Channel (Le Gall et al., 1988).

Lession:

Moderate to large accumulation of the organism within greatly distended gill epithelial cells.

Stains:

Location:

Not recorded

Area:

Not recorded

Country:

Chile

Submitter:

K. Lorhmann

Accession date:

6/24/2003

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