| Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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8528
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Myxobolus cerebralis
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Commerce
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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In 2006, low-level infections of Myxobolus cerebralis spores were detected in rainbow trout reared in a Pennsylvania state hatchery. Whirling disease spores were also isolated from Pennsylvania's Lake Erie steelhead in 1989, 1991, and 1997.
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Pennsykvania, USA
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16496
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8529
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Myxobolus cerebralis
|
Commerce
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Observational
|
Field
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However, wild trout populations of the mid-Atlantic region have not experienced observable declines, despite the presence of Myxobolus cerebralis and susceptible species.
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Pennsykvania, USA
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16538
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|
8530
|
Myxobolus cerebralis
|
Commerce
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Anecdotal
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N/A
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In spring 2011, Michigan authorities conducted pre-stocking testing for Myxobolus cerebralis on nine representative lots of hatchery fish (60 fish per lot, including brown trout, rainbow trout, chinook salmon, Atlantic salmon, coho salmon, lake trout, brook trout, splake, and lake herring), and all were found negative for the parasite.
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31846
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8531
|
Myxobolus cerebralis
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Commerce
|
Anecdotal
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N/A
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Molecular evidence of Myxobolus cerebralis was detected in one sample, which contained pooled tissue from a total of 60 brown and rainbow trout. The trout were collected from three different sources: Slagle Creek, Harrietta Effluent Pond, and Brundage Spring Pond.
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31846
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