Project: An Experiment to Determine if Living Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta) are capable of expelling viable Myxobolus cerebralis Myxospores

Primary Investigator: R. Barry Nehring
Project Summary: Under what circumstances are viable Myxobolus cerebralis spores released from infected fish? Older literature indicated this only happens when fish die and decompose or are consumed by predators. A set of Colorado experiments demonstrated that living, infected brown trout may expel viable spores that can subsequently be taken up by tubificids. These results could have ramifications for both hatchery and wild fish management.
Funding Period: 1999-2000
Final Report: Nehring_99-00.pdf
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