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Parental genetic diversity of brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario) brood stock affects offspring susceptibility to whirling disease.
Parasites & vectors - 3 Mar 2015
Eszterbauer Edit, Forró Barbara, Tolnai Zoltán, Guti Csaba Ferenc, Zsigmond Gergely, Hoitsy György, Kallert Dennis Marc
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BACKGROUND: Whirling disease, caused by the myxozoan parasite Myxobolus cerebralis, has high economical and ecological importance worldwide. Susceptibility to the disease varies considerably among salmonid species. In brown trout (Salmo trutta) the infection is usually subclinical with low mortality, which increases the risk of parasite dissemination, especially when farm fish are used for stocking natural...
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