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The phylogeography of salmonid proliferative kidney disease in Europe and North America.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Aug 2004
Henderson Matthew, Okamura Beth
Abstract excerpt
Salmonid proliferative kidney disease (PKD) is caused by the myxozoan Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae. Given the serious and apparently growing impact of PKD on farmed and wild salmonids, we undertook a phylogeographic study to gain insights into the history of genealogical lineages of T. bryosalmonae in Europe and North America, and to determine if the global expansion of rainbow trout farming has spread the...
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