Recurrent amoebic gill infestation in rainbow trout cultured in a semiclosed water recirculation system
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Abstract
Five lots of commercially purchased juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (17–44 g) stocked in a continuous-production water recirculation system became infested with gill amoebae. The amoebae were introduced into the recirculation system, as evidenced by their presence on gills of fish held in quarantine tanks. Based on their morphology, as seen in histological sections and by electron microscopy, the amoebae appeared to be more closely related to the family Cochliopodiidae than to other taxa of free-living amoebae. Attempts to culture the amoebae in different media, at different temperatures of incubation, and in fish cell culture were not successful. Initial treatment of the recirculation system with formalin at 167 parts per million (ppm) for 1 h eliminated amoebae from the gills. Subsequent treatments of the entire system with formalin at 50–167 ppm reduced the intensity of further infestations.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Recurrent amoebic gill infestation in rainbow trout cultured in a semiclosed water recirculation system |
| Series title | Journal of Aquatic Animal Health |
| DOI | 10.1577/1548-8667(1997)009<0064:RAGIIR>2.3.CO;2 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Fisheries Society |
| Description | 6 p. |
| First page | 64 |
| Last page | 69 |
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