The distribution of the microsporidian Loma morhua in tissues of the cod Gadus morhua L.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Morrison, Carol M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Loma; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z83-283; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z83-283

Inshore cod, Gadus morhua L., sometimes have heavy gill infections of Loma morhua. In some of these cases many cysts were also found throughout the viscera, especially in the heart and spleen. Some cysts consisted of an hypertrophied host cell containing spores and earlier stages of the parasite. Other cysts had been invaded by phagocytes, which had engulfed the spores, and fibroblasts that had formed a wall around these. Some cysts had undergone coagulative necrosis. Often spores were seen with the typical morphology of Loma morhua.