THE DISTRIBUTION AND SPREAD OF MYXOBOLUS-CEREBRALIS IN THE UNITED-STATES

Authors
BERGERSEN EP ANDERSON DE
Citation
Ep. Bergersen et De. Anderson, THE DISTRIBUTION AND SPREAD OF MYXOBOLUS-CEREBRALIS IN THE UNITED-STATES, Fisheries, 22(8), 1997, pp. 6-7
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries
Journal title
Fisheries → ACNP
ISSN journal
03632415
Volume
22
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
6 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-2415(1997)22:8<6:TDASOM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of salmonid whirling disease , was first found in the United States in Pennsylvania in 1956, and ha s since spread to most regions of the country having self-sustaining t rout populations. By fall 1996, 21 states had reported the presence of M. cerebralis. How far the organism will spread is not known.