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181
Anguilla anguilla
Eel, European
Myxosporidiosis
Various tissues
Myxidium giardi
Myxidium giardi
100% of eels affected. The parasite is regarded as a significant pathogen of eels.
Parasites in the connective tissue, adjacent to the liver; the parasites were all associated with liver necrosis.
Farm site
Yorkshire
UK
D. Bucke
7/14/1981