Impact ID9607
Impact TypeCommerce
Study TypeObservational
Study LocationField
Impact DescriptionBranchiura sowerbyi has the potential to negatively impact fish farms due to its role as an intermediate host for the parasite Myxobolus lentisuturalis. This parasite has been observed infecting goldfish at a commercial farm in North Carolina.
Reference43169
Cost 
LocationNorth Carolina, US

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