Proliferative Branchiitis due to Tetraonchus rauschi (Trematoda: Monogenea) in Captive Arctic Grayling ( Thymallus arcticus )
The monogenetic trematode Tetraonchus rauschi was diagnosed as the cause of severe proliferative and inflammatory gill disease among captive Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus). Grayling captured from the wild had few flukes and very limited pathologic lesions when compared to captive fish.
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f76-234 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f76-234 |
| Summary: | The monogenetic trematode Tetraonchus rauschi was diagnosed as the cause of severe proliferative and inflammatory gill disease among captive Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus). Grayling captured from the wild had few flukes and very limited pathologic lesions when compared to captive fish. |
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