A western type of bacterial gill disease

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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The first reference to a pathological condition of the gill tissues of salmonid fishes was made by Osburn in 1910. This author in describing a progressive infolding of the opercula of trout, commonly known to hatcherymen as "short gill covers," mentioned a marked proliferation on the gill epithelium as accompanying this condition. Osburn assumed that the club-like appearance of the gill filaments due to the proliferated epithelium was the result of continual irritation of the delicate gill tissue in the absence of the usual protection offered by the normal opercula. Although such a conclusion seems quite logical, it is also possible that Osburn was dealing with "short gill covers" complicated by the unknown bacterial gill disease which was subsequently described by Davis.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A western type of bacterial gill disease
Series title Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
DOI 10.1577/1548-8659(1935)65[85:AWTOBG]2.0.CO;2
Volume 65
Issue 1
Year Published 1935
Language English
Publisher American Fisheries Society
Publisher location Bethesda, MD
Contributing office(s) Western Fisheries Research Center
Description 3 p.
First page 85
Last page 87
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