Molecular diagnosis of Myxobolus spirosulcatus associated with encephalomyelitis of cultured yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck & Schlegel

• Main Authors: Yokoyama, H., Yanagida, T., Freeman, M.A., Katagiri, T., Hosokawa, A., Endo, M., Hirai, M., Takagi, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/11875/

Mass mortality of cultured yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, has recently been reported from fish farms in western Japan. Previous studies revealed that diseased fish were characterized by encephalomyelitis and presporogonic stages of a myxosporean-like parasite in the spinal cord. However, the pa...