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Management strategies to control the disease caused by Perkinsus marinus

Creator:

Andrews, Jay D. and Ray, Sammy M.

Abstract:

Perkinsus marinus is a warm-season protozoan pathogen (Phylum Apicomplexa) that parasitizes eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica from Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. In years of normal rainfall in Chesapeake Bay, P. marinus is limited by low salinities in the estuaries and is dormant during winter and spring. A few...

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