Project: The Effect of Water Quality Variables on Viability of the Myxobolus cerebralis Actinospore

Primary Investigator: Eric Wagner
Project Summary: These Utah experiments evaluated the effects of fundamental water chemistry characteristics on the survivorship of the infectious form of the disease known as the TAM. Several parameters showed an affect on TAM viability, especially water acidity and alkalinity. This may partially account for differences in the severity of whirling disease among geographic regions.
Funding Period: 1999-2000
Final Report: Smith_99-00.pdf
Dataset(s) associated with this project:

Dissolved oxygen, temperature, and TAM viability

Water hardness and TAM viability