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Studies on Myxidium oviforme, a myxosporidan parasite of Irish salmon, Salmo salar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. Walliker
D. Walliker
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine*
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Myxidium oviforme is described from Irish salmon Salmo salar. Its close relationship with M. folium, M. moxostomatis and M. aplodinoti, and its possible economic importance are discussed.

Attempts to establish infections of M. oviforme in young, parasite-free salmon are described, and the reasons for their negative results discussed.

This work was carried out during the tenure of a Medical Research Council Scholarship for Training in Research Methods between October 1964 and September 1966, and forms part of a thesis submitted for the Ph.D. Degree of the University of London. Grateful acknowledgement is due to Dr J. G. Ross and Dr G. Lawson of the Veterinary Research Division of the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland for information on salmon infections in Ireland, to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for the provision of young salmon, and to Messrs Barnetts of Frying Pan Alley Ltd., London, for the provision of salmon livers.

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Parasitology , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , November 1968 , pp. 839 - 844
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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