Emerging diseases are impacting animals under high‐density culture, yet few studies
assess their importance to wild populations. Microparasites selected for enhanced virulence …

Teleost fish are the most primitive bony vertebrates that contain immunoglobulins. In contrast
to mammals and birds, these species are devoid of immunoglobulin A (IgA) or a functional …

The health of fish populations and the river systems they inhabit have broad ecological,
cultural, recreational, and economic relevance. This is exemplified by the iconic …

Ceratomyxa shasta is a virulent pathogen of salmonid fishes that is enzootic in the Pacific
Northwest of North America. Current parasite detection methods involve sentinel fish …

The myxozoan parasite Ceratomyxa shasta is a significant pathogen of juvenile salmonids
in the Pacific Northwest of North America and is limiting recovery of Chinook (Oncorhynchus …

Bycatch is a common occurrence in heavily fished areas such as the Fraser River, British
Columbia, where fisheries target returning adult Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) en …

Infectious disease dynamics of wild Pacific salmon are poorly understood and may play a
prominent role in recent declines of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) …

Water temperature influences almost every biological and physiological process of salmon,
including disease resistance. In the Klamath River (California), current thermal conditions …

A coelomic myxozoan infection was detected in freshwater polychaetes, Manayunkia
speciosa from the Klamath River, Oregon/California, a site enzootic for the myxozoan …

The myxozoan parasite Ceratomyxa shasta infects salmonids causing ceratomyxosis, a
disease elicited by proliferation of the parasite in the intestine. This parasite is endemic to …