Proliferative Branchiitis due to Tetraonchus rauschi (Trematoda: Monogenea) in Captive Arctic Grayling ( Thymallus arcticus )

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Wobeser, G., Kratt, L. F., Smith, R. J. F., Acompanado, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
• Subjects: General Medicine; Arctic; Arctic grayling; Thymallus arcticus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f76-234; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f76-234

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.