| Title | Effect of Nanophyetus salmincola and bacterial co-infection on mortality of juvenile Chinook salmon |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Roon, Sean R., Julie D. Alexander, Kym C. Jacobson, and Jerri L. Bartholomew |
| Secondary Title | Journal of Aquatic Animal Health |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | p.209-216 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic subscription, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River, Siletz River, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Salmon fever fluke = Nanophyetus salmincola, Furunculosis = Aeromonas salmonicida, Columnaris = Flavobacterium columnare, juvenile fish, parasites, bacteria, mortality |
| Notes | In the freshwater phase of their life cycle, young salmon can become infected with parasites and pathogens. In this paper, the authors investigate whether juvenile salmon carrying a parasite, the salmon fever fluke Nanophyetus salmincola, are more susceptible to mortality when exposed to freshwater bacteria. While no synergistic effect was observed when infected fish were exposed to furunculosis bacteria, significant mortality occurred when the infected fish were exposed to columnaris bacteria. “Understanding how macro- and microparasite co-infections might affect disease in wild salmonids is critical, given that disease might contribute to declining populations, . . . and that these fish are commonly infected by multiple macro- or microparasites or both” (p.210). |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/ms35tb194 |
| DOI | 10.1080/08997659.2015.1094150 |
