Project: Evaluation of Management Actions to Control the Spread of Myxobolus cerebralis in a Lower Columbia River Tributary

Primary Investigator: Jerri Bartholomew
Project Summary: The researchers in this project will test the sensitivity and specificity of two new rapid and sensitive PCR assays that have already been developed at UC-Davis, and compare these to currently-used detection assays (PCR, histology, and pepsin-trypsin digest). If these methods test out, time can be saved in evaluating sentinel fish in future studies, and the progress of parasite infection in rainbow trout can be evaluated more effectively.
Funding Period: 2003-2004
Final Report: bartholomew_03-04.pdf
Dataset(s) associated with this project:

M. cerebralis Infection in Adult Chinook Salmon

Assay of Wild Salmonids for presence of M. cerebralis

Spore Counts from Sentinel Fish in Clear Creek (OR)

Sentinel Cage Data for Clear Creek (OR)

Oligochaete Sampling in Clear Creek (OR)