Salmonid whirling disease: Myxosporean and actinosporean stages cross-react in direct fluorescent antibody test
Journal of Fish Diseases
By: M.E. Markiw
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Abstract
Serologic relatedness of the two life stages of the salmonid whirling disease parasite Myxosoma cerebralis Hofer, 1903 — myxosporean spores from fish cartilage and actinosporean triactinomyxon spores from aquatic tubificids — were investigated. When the direct fluorescent antibody technique was used, anti-triactinomyxon and anti-M. cerebralis rabbit sera conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate cross-reacted with the respective heterologous life stage. Both stages showed similar locations of specific fluorescence with conjugates of either homologous or heterologous serum. Thus, serology supports the relatedness of the myxosporean M. cerebralis and the actinosporean triactinomyxon stages.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Salmonid whirling disease: Myxosporean and actinosporean stages cross-react in direct fluorescent antibody test |
| Series title | Journal of Fish Diseases |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1989.tb00285.x |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 137 |
| Last page | 141 |
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