Species data

Common names

Name:

Oyster, American cupped

Family:

Oysters

Name:

Bivalve shellfish

Latin names

Name:

Crassostrea virginica

Family:

Ostreidae

Name:

Prionodesmacea

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Infection with Haplosporidium nelsoni	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Infection with Mikrocytos mackini	Experimental demonstration	Detection, isolation, and host specificity of Mikrocytos mackini, the cause of Denman Island disease in Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas.
Infection with Mikrocytos mackini	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Infection with Perkinsus marinus	Natural occurrence	Diseases of Mollusca : Bivalvia. OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Mikrocytosis	Experimental demonstration	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
Perkinsea	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). World Animal Health in 1997. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
SSO disease	Natural occurrence	Concurrent Haplosporidian infections of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Epizootiology of Minchinia coastalis and Minchinia nelsoni in oysters introduced into Chincoteague Bay, Virginia. Epizootiology of Minchinia costalis in susceptible oysters in seaside bays of Virginia's Eastern shore, 1959-1976. Haplosporidium costale (Sporozoa) associated with a disease of Virginia oysters. OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
Tetrahedral baculovirosis (Baculovirus penaei)	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).

Countries affected

Country	Reference
Canada	SSO disease (Haplosporidium costale) in Canada
United States of America	A comparative field study of Crassostrea ariakensis (Fijita 1913) and Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791) in relation to salinity in Virginia. Concurrent Haplosporidian infections of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Epizootiology of Minchinia coastalis and Minchinia nelsoni in oysters introduced into Chincoteague Bay, Virginia. Epizootiology of Minchinia costalis in susceptible oysters in seaside bays of Virginia's Eastern shore, 1959-1976. Geographic distribution of Perkinsus marinus genetic strains along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the USA Haplosporidium costale (Sporozoa) associated with a disease of Virginia oysters. Haplosporidium costale disease of oysters. OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).

Country

Reference

Canada

SSO disease (Haplosporidium costale) in Canada

United States of America

A comparative field study of Crassostrea ariakensis (Fijita 1913) and Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791) in relation to salinity in Virginia.
Concurrent Haplosporidian infections of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin).
Epizootiology of Minchinia coastalis and Minchinia nelsoni in oysters introduced into Chincoteague Bay, Virginia.
Epizootiology of Minchinia costalis in susceptible oysters in seaside bays of Virginia's Eastern shore, 1959-1976.
Geographic distribution of Perkinsus marinus genetic strains along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the USA
Haplosporidium costale (Sporozoa) associated with a disease of Virginia oysters.
Haplosporidium costale disease of oysters.
OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).

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