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Characterization of a Gyrodactylus salaris variant: infection biology, morphology and molecular genetics.
Parasitology - 1 Aug 2003
Lindenstrøm T, Collins C M, Bresciani J, Cunningham C O, Buchmann K
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A laboratory population of a Danish Gyrodactylus salaris variant founded by 1 single specimen was established and infection studies performed. Rainbow trout as well as Atlantic salmon of 3 different stocks were infected both in cohabitation systems and as single-parasite infections on isolated hosts. Both infection systems revealed that this particular morphotype exhibits low virulence towards Atlantic salmon....
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