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Studies on the molluscan and fish hosts of the "salmon poisoning" fluke, Nanophyetus salmincola (Chapin)

Creator:

Gebhardt, Gary Alan.

Abstract:

This study¹ was undertaken: (1) to obtain information on the distribution of the snail, Oxytrema silicula, in three coastal rivers in Oregon, and the seasonal incidence of infection in these snails and in snails from an inland stream, with the cercariae of the trematode, Nanophyetus salinincola; (2) to follow cercarial...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

developed "salmon poisoning' disease. These results demonstrated for the first time that salinity was