Species data

Common names

Name:

Salmon, Chinook

Family:

Salmon, trouts, chars, graylings and whitefishes

Name:

None

Latin names

Name:

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Family:

Salmonidae

Name:

Salmonoidei

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)	Natural occurrence	Case report of kidney disease in a wild chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, in the sea. Current status of disease of cultured salmonids in Hokkaido, Japan.
Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)	Experimental demonstration	Detection accuracy of Renibacterium salmoninarum in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum) from non-lethally collected samples: Effects of exposure route and disease severity Experimental induction of bacterial kidney disease in chinook salmon by immersion and cohabitation challenges.
Enteric Septicaemia of Catfish (Edwardsiellosis)	Experimental demonstration	Susceptibility of non-ictalurid fishes to experimental infection with Edwardsiella ictaluri.
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	Infectious hematopoietic necrosis.
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Infectious hematopoietic necrosis. OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). The first isolation in North America of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) and viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) in coho salmon from the same watershed. World Animal Health in 1994. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Infectious pancreatic necrosis.
Piscirickettsiosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Piscirickettsiosis	Experimental demonstration	The isolation of a rickettsia-like organism causing disease and mortality in Chilean salmonids and its confirmation by Koch's psotulate.
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Natural occurrence	Characterization of the first north American isolates of viral hemorrhagic septicaemia virus. The isolation of VHSV from chinook salmon at Glenwood Springs, Orcas island, Washington.

Countries affected

Country	Reference
New Zealand	Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2006 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2007 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2004 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2007 (Asia and Pacific Region)
United States of America	Infectious hematopoietic necrosis.

Country

Reference

New Zealand

Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2006 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report January - March 2007 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2004 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report October - December 2007 (Asia and Pacific Region)

United States of America

Infectious hematopoietic necrosis.

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