This project was initiated to determine the incidence, distribution
and species of fish affected by Ceratomyxa shasta in Oregon
waters. Returning adult Pacific salmon and steelhead trout were
chosen for the survey because they were known to be susceptible to
infection. The parasite was also believed to be an important...
The purpose of this project was to study the possibility of controlling
furunculosis in salmonid fish using immunological procedures.
Antiserum with an agglutinating antibody titer of 1:20,480
against Aeromonas salmonicida was produced in a horse. This
hyperimmune serum was used to passively immunize coho salmon,
Oncorhynchus kitsutch, (jacks). However, this...
The detection and antigenic nature of the causative Corynebacterium
of bacterial kidney disease and chemotherapy of this disease
in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were examined.
Each of 207 yearling coho salmon collected from a population
undergoing a severe epizootic of bacterial kidney disease were examined
for the presence of...
An oral vaccine was developed for control of vibriosis
in Pacific salmon. The vaccine consists of a lyophilized
sonicate of cells of Vibrio anguillarum, the causative
agent of this disease. The preparation was incorporated
into a ration and fed to salmon in fresh water before the
fish were transported and...
Juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were orally
immunized against the bacterium Flexibacter columnaris (formerly
Chondrococcus columnaris), the causative agent of columnaris disease
in fish, with a vaccine-food preparation containing formalin-killed
cells. Fish immunized for 1, 2, 3, and 4 months were challenged
with selected concentrations of F. columnaris by exposure...
Efficacious vaccines were developed for the control of Vibrio
anguillarum, the etiological agent of vibriosis in salmonid fish.
These bacterins can be administered either orally or parenterally.
It was determined that both formalin-killed lyophilized whole cells
and wet-packed whole cells of the organism are effective oral immunogens.
Intraperitoneal injection of...
The distribution in Oregon of two viruses affecting salmonid
fishes was determined by examination of hatchery and feral fish.
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) was isolated from fish
at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Research Laboratory,
Corvallis, Roaring River, Fort Klamath, and Wizard Falls Hatcheries.
Fish collected at...
Experiments were designed to more precisely evaluate the effects of water temperature on the progress of bacterial kidney disease ( BKD) in three species of salmonid fishes. Infections were produced by intraperitoneal injection of suspensions of the causative organism into fish held at seven temperatures ranging from 3.9 to 20.5°C....
Fish diseases and various parameters associated with disease
caused mortality of fish were monitored at the Oregon State University
Marine Science Center and at a private mariculture facility on
Yaquina Bay during a period of five years. Nearly all disease problems
observed were caused by Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio spp....
The relative resistance of the coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and the chinook salmon (O. tshawyscha) to the parasitic larvae (glochidia) of the freshwater mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) was studied in an attempt to determine why the coho appeared to be more resistant. Natural and acquired antibody was sought in the mucus...