Proliferative kidney disease in Alaskan salmonids with evidence that pathogenic myxozoans may be emerging north

• Published in: International Journal for Parasitology
• Main Authors: Gorgoglione, Bartolomeo, Bailey, Christyn, Ferguson, Jayde A.
• Other Authors: State of Alaska, Swiss National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Chum salmon; Co-infections; Malacosporean; Myxosporean; Pacific salmon; Parvicapsula; Sockeye salmon; Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae; Arctic; English Bay; Keta; Norway; Pacific; Sockeye; Yukon; Iceland; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/338952; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.03.010; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85086652479

11 Pág. Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) of salmonids, a chronic immunopathology caused by the myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, is exacerbated by increased water temperatures. PKD causes economic concerns to trout farmers and contributes to the decline of wild salmonid populations...