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Abstract
Whirling disease is caused by Myxobolus cerebralis and requires an intermediate oligochaete host identified as Tubifex tubifex (Wolf, Markiw, and Hiltunen, 1986). M. cerebralis spores ingested by the tubifex worms develop into triactinomyxons (tams) that are eventually released into the water column to infect salmonid fish. There may be many environmental parameters, biotic or abiotic, that may affect the development of waterborne tams in eastern tubifex worms. This study will focus on one of those environmental parameters, total water hardness. Total water hardness is defined as the concentration of calcium and magnesium in a water sample expressed in milligrams per liter of equivalent CACO3 (Boyd, 1990). This study will address whether different levels of water hardness affect the development and production of tams released by infected tubifex worms.
| Publication type | Book |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference publication |
| Title | Preliminary effects of water hardness on triactinomyxon production and development from eastern tubifex worms infected with Myxobolus cerebralis |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Whirling Disease Foundation |
| Publisher location | Bozeman, MT |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | p. 249-250 |
| Larger Work Title | 5th Annual Whirling Disease Symposium: Research and Management Perspectives |
| Conference Location | Missoula, Montana |
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