A list of myxozoan genera is presented in the current taxonomical scheme. These genera
are defined; their type species and most important pathogens along with their hosts are …

In the last few years two factors have helped to significantly advance our understanding of
the Myxozoa. First, the phenomenal increase in fin fish aquaculture in the 1990s has lead to …

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition provides thorough, yet concise
descriptions of viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and noninfectious diseases in an exhaustive …

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) is a disease of salmonid fish caused by the endoparasitic
myxozoan, Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, which uses freshwater bryozoans as primary …

Biodiversity and evolution of the Myxozoa Page 59 Biodiversity and Evolution of the Myxozoa
Elizabeth U. Canning¹ and Beth Okamura² Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College …

Myxozoans are highly specialized metazoan parasites of aquatic hosts with a very wide host
range. This diverse group of organisms is characterized by multicellular spores with polar …

Parasites and pathogens can have an important effect on their host's thermal resistance. The
impact of parasite infection on host physiological performances has traditionally been …

The identification of protozoan and metazoan parasites is traditionally carried out using a
series of classical keys based upon the morphology of the whole organism. However, in …

Tetracapsula bryosalmonae, formerly PKX organism, is a myxozoan parasite that causes
proliferative kidney disease in salmonid fish. Its primary hosts, in which it undergoes a …

Extensive mortality in Atlantic salmon fry was reported in the River Åelva from 2002 to 2004.
Dead fish were collected in late summer 2006, and live fish were sampled by electrofishing …