Infection dynamics of two renal myxozoans in hatchery reared fry and juvenile Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L.

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Authors: Holzer, Astrid S, Stewart, S, Tildesley, Andrew, Wootten, Rodney, Sommerville, Christina
• Other Authors: University of Stirling, Machrihanish, Institute of Aquaculture
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
• Subjects: Myxozoa; Gadimyxa atlantica; Zschokkella hildae; mixed infection; hatchery reared; dynamics; competition; innate and acquired immunity; double-label in situ hybridization; PCR; Fishes Parasites; Fishes Diseases; Fish hatcheries; Atlantic cod; Nylund; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2811; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182010000247; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/2811/1/Holzer-Infection%20dynamics%20of%20two%20renal%20myxozoans%20in%20hatchery%20reared%20fry%20and%20juvenile%20Atlantic%20cod.pdf

In order to study the infection dynamics of 2 renal myxozoans, Zschokkella hildae Auerbach, 1910 and Gadimyxa atlantica Køie, Karlsbakk and Nylund, 2007 in cultured Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L. aged 3–19 months, a specific single-round PCR assay and a double-label in situ hybridization protocol wer...