Comparison of traditional and molecular methods for detection of Renibacterium salmoninarum
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Abstract
Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum occurs in most parts of the world where wild or cultured salmonid fishes are present. Several extensive reviews have been written on the pathogen and the disease (Fryer and Sanders, 1981; Austin and Austin, 1987; Elliott et al., 1989; Evelyn, 1993; Evenden et al., 1993; Fryer and Lannan, 1993). Bacterial kidney disease can cause serious mortality in juvenile salmonids in both fresh water and seawater, and also in prespawning adults. Although the chronic nature of the disease has hindered accurate estimates of fish losses, particularly in feral fish populations, BKD is one the most important bacterial diseases affecting cultured salmonids, with reported losses as high as 80% in stocks of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) and 40% in stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (Evenden et al., 1993).
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Comparison of traditional and molecular methods for detection of Renibacterium salmoninarum |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-94-017-2315-2_7 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 53 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Molecular diagnosis of salmonid diseases |
| First page | 157 |
| Last page | 209 |
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