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Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss against the parasitic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis.
Journal of fish diseases - 1 Dec 2020
Jaafar R, Ødegård J, Mathiessen H, Karami A M, Marana M H, von Gersdorff Jørgensen L, Zuo S, Nielsen T, Kania P W, Buchmann K
Abstract excerpt
The parasitic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis has a low host specificity eliciting white spot disease (WSD) in a wide range of freshwater fishes worldwide. The parasite multiplies rapidly whereby the infection may reach problematic levels in a host population within a few days. The parasite targets both wild and cultured fish but the huge economic impact of the protozoan is associated with mortality,...
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