Vertical transmission of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (Myxozoa), the causative agent of salmonid proliferative kidney disease

• Published in: Parasitology Vol. 141; no. 4; pp. 482 - 490
• Main Authors: ABD-ELFATTAH, AHMED, FONTES, INÊS, KUMAR, GOKHLESH, SOLIMAN, HATEM, HARTIKAINEN, HANNA, OKAMURA, BETH, EL-MATBOULI, MANSOUR
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Bryozoa; Bryozoa - parasitology; disease transmission; Endoparasites; etiological agents; Female; fish; Fish Diseases - parasitology; Fish Diseases - transmission; Fredericella sultana; Fresh Water - parasitology; freshwater; hosts; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - veterinary; kidney diseases; Kidneys; Myxozoa; Myxozoa - genetics; Myxozoa - isolation & purification; Myxozoa - physiology; Parasitic Diseases, Animal - parasitology; Parasitic Diseases, Animal - transmission; Plant Roots - parasitology; rivers; Salmonidae; Salmonidae - parasitology; Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; spores; Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae; Trees; Fredericella sultana; Bryozoa; Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae; dispersal; maternal colonies; persistent infection; statoblasts
• ISSN: 0031-1820; 1469-8161; 1469-8161
• DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001650

The freshwater bryozoan, Fredericella sultana, is the main primary host of the myxozoan endoparasite, Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae which causes proliferative kidney disease (PKD) of salmonid fish. Because spores that develop in bryozoan colonies are infectious to fish, bryozoans represent the ultim...