CASE REPORT OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN A WILD CHINOOK SALMON, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, IN THE SEA

RICHARD W. ELLIS; ANTHONY J. NOVOTNY; LEE W. HARRELL

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.120

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1 January 1978 CASE REPORT OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN A WILD CHINOOK SALMON, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, IN THE SEA

RICHARD W. ELLIS, ANTHONY J. NOVOTNY, LEE W. HARRELL

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 14(1):120-123 (1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.120

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An immature chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) that had spent two winters at sea was found in a Puget Sound beach zone. Necropsy indicated the fish was infected with bacterial kidney disease (KD). This is the first report of KD from a wild fish in the marine environment.

ELLIS, NOVOTNY, and HARRELL: CASE REPORT OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN A WILD CHINOOK SALMON, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, IN THE SEA

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RICHARD W. ELLIS, ANTHONY J. NOVOTNY, and LEE W. HARRELL "CASE REPORT OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN A WILD CHINOOK SALMON, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, IN THE SEA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(1), 120-123, (1 January 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.120

Received: 14 June 1977; Published: 1 January 1978

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