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165
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Trout, Rainbow Freshwater
Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD)
Kidney and spleen
Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
1) Bucke D, Seagrave C, (1979) - Water threat to fingerlings. Fish Farmer 2: 28-29 2) Bucke D, Seagrave C (1980) - The causative agent of PKD may be a member of the Haplosporidia. Proceedings of the third COPRAQ fish diseases meeting, Munich, October 1979. Proceedings in Life Sciences 174-181. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 3) Seagrave C, Bucke D, Alderman D.J (1980) - Ultrastructure of a Haplosporidia - like organism, the posssible causative agent of PKD in Rainbow Trout. Journal of Fish Biology 16: 453-459. 4) Seagrave C, Bucke D, Hudson E, McGregor D (1981) - A preliminary survey of PKD in Rainbow Trout. Journal of Fish Diseases (IN PRESS).
Many continuing mortalities, peaking mid-August
Marked hyperplasia of haemopoeitic tissue in kidney and spleen. white patches on spleen, also enlarged kidney.
Farm
Southern England
UK
D. Bucke
11/26/1980