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Accession number:

845

Host species (latin):

Salmo trutta

Common name:

Trout, Brown

Disease/condition:

Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD)

Location (host):

Kidney

Aetiology:

Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Aetiology:

Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae

Additional Information:

Submitted via the Fish Health Inspectorate

Significance:

Important disease affecting farmed and wild fish.

Lession:

Large numbers of the parasite present in the renal tissue eliciting an intense inflammatory reaction.

Stains:

Location:

Fish farm location

Area:

Not recorded

Country:

Submitter:

S. W. Feist

Accession date:

10/27/2003

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