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109
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Trout, Rainbow Freshwater
Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD)
Kidney
Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
1) Bucke D, Seagrave C (1979) - Water threat to fingerlings. Fish Farmer 2: 28-29. 2) Bucke D, Seagrave C (1979) - The causative agent of PKD may be a member of the Haplosporidia. - Proceedings of the third COPRAQ fish diseases meeting, Munich. 3) Bucke D, Alderman D.J, Seagrave C (1980) - Ultrastructure of a Haplosporidia - like organism, the posssible causative agent of PKD in Rainbow Trout. Journal of Fish Biology 16: 453-459. 4) Seagrvae C, Bucke D, Hudson E, McGregor D - A preliminary survey of PKD in Rainbow Trout. Journal of Fish Diseases (IN PRESS).
100% of fish affected, only occasional mortalities.
Histology showed grade five lesions, multicellular parasites throughout the tissue.
Re-stocking farm on the river Test
Hampshire
UK
D. Bucke
1/16/1980