Sphaeromyxa maiyai sp. n. (Myxosporidea:Myxiidae) is described
from the gall bladder of the Pacific tomcod, Microgadus proximus
Girard, from Newport, Oregon. The plasmodial (=trophic, trophozoite)
stage is discoid averaging between 1 and 2 cm. The spore averages
27.6 x 5. 6μm with pyriform polar capsules averaging 9. 3 x 3....
The cuticle of the cercaria of Acanthatrium oregonense was
studied by means of electron microscopy and histochemistry. The
integument of this cercaria has a definite ultrastructure which
varies in different regions of the body. The body cuticle is a
syncytium containing vesicles and mitochondria. It is bounded
externally by a...
Of the 100 specimens of Leptocottus armatus armatus Girard examined at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology at Charleston, Oregon during June, July, and August, 1950, 99% were infected with helminth parasites. There was an 83% infection with Echinorhynchus gadi and a total of 1,258 individuals. There was a 16%...
The etiologic agent of salmon poisoning disease was found to be
Neorickettsia helminthoeca, although a second organism, the Elokomin
fluke fever agent, may also be involved in other areas. Primary
cultures of dog leucocytes were found to support the in vitro cultivation
of Neorickettsia helminthoeca as were canine sarcoma 503...