6 results for Myxobolus cerebralis (salmonid whirling disease)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Geographic Location Reference
3863 Myxobolus cerebralis Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Anecdotal N/A Myxobolus cerebralis causes whirling disease in salmonids Great Lakes 13595
8523 Myxobolus cerebralis Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Observational Field Multiple salmonids are susceptible to infection by Myxobolus cerebralis, but the degree of susceptibility as well as symptom expression varies among species. Great Lakes native salmonid species susceptible to the pathogen include Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), brook trout (S. fontinalis), cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki), and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). In contrast, lake trout (S. namaycush) is not susceptible to infection. Great Lakes, USA 16530
8524 Myxobolus cerebralis Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Anecdotal N/A Historically, the realized environmental impacts of whirling disease from Myxobolus cerebralis on native Great Lakes aquacultured and wild species have been low. 16496
8525 Myxobolus cerebralis Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Anecdotal N/A Whirling disease from Myxobolus cerebralis can result in whirling behavior or tail-chasing, damage to the central nervous system and organs of equilibrium, lesions in the skull, gills, and vertebrae, and sometimes mortality. 16494
9635 Myxobolus cerebralis Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Anecdotal N/A While Myxobolus cerebralis has not been detected in the Great Lakes region of Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (2012) lists it as a reportable disease. Such recognition warrants assessment of this species as having a high environmental effect for the region. M. cerebralis myxospores infect the cosmopolitan oligochaete worm Tubifex tubifex prior to development into a fish-infecting form. nan 42984
9636 Myxobolus cerebralis Disease/Parasite/Toxicity Observational Laboratory Infection of Tubifex tubifex can negatively affect the host’s growth, reproduction, and survival. nan 42983

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