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whirling disease

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whirling disease
important disease of juvenile rainbow trout. Caused by the myxosporean myxobolus cerebralis which parasitizes the cartilage of the head.


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Most of the spread of whirling disease within the United States over the past half- century can be traced to the movement of infected fish through hatcheries, researchers say.
But in California, which has had whirling disease at least since 1965 when it was discovered near Monterey, it is hard to see any ill effects in trout.
But the ugly specter of whirling disease threatens the species and Colorado's sizable rainbow fishing economy.
 
 
 
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