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Influence of infection with Renibacterium salmoninarum on susceptibility of juvenile spring chinook salmon to gas bubble trauma Influence of infection with Renibacterium salmoninarum on susceptibility of juvenile spring chinook salmon to gas bubble trauma

During experiments in our laboratory to assess the progression and severity of gas bubble trauma (GBT) in juvenile spring chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, we had the opportunity to assess the influence of Renibacterium salmoninarum (Rs), the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, on the susceptibility of salmon to GBT. We exposed fish with an established infection of Rs to...
Authors
L.K. Weiland, M.G. Mesa, A.G. Maule

Geographic distribution of chromosome and microsatellite DNA polymorphisms in Oncorhynchus mykiss native to western Washington Geographic distribution of chromosome and microsatellite DNA polymorphisms in Oncorhynchus mykiss native to western Washington

Chromosome studies of native populations of Oncorhynchus mykiss (steelhead and rainbow trout) in western Washington and southern British Columbia revealed the presence of two evolutionarily distinct chromosome lineages. Populations between, and including, the Elwha River, Washington, and Chilliwack River, British Columbia, contained 2n = 60 chromosomes. Populations on the central...
Authors
C.O. Ostberg, G.H. Thorgaard

Indexing the relative abundance of age-0 white sturgeons in an impoundment of the lower Columbia River from highly skewed trawling data Indexing the relative abundance of age-0 white sturgeons in an impoundment of the lower Columbia River from highly skewed trawling data

The development of recruitment monitoring programs for age-0 white sturgeons Acipenser transmontanus is complicated by the statistical properties of catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data. We found that age-0 CPUE distributions from bottom trawl surveys violated assumptions of statistical procedures based on normal probability theory. Further, no single data transformation uniformly satisfied...
Authors
T.D. Counihan, Allen I. Miller, M.J. Parsley

Successful aquatic animal disease emergency programmes Successful aquatic animal disease emergency programmes

The authors provide examples of emergency programmes which have been successful in eradicating or controlling certain diseases of aquatic animals. The paper is divided into four parts. The first part describes the initial isolation of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) virus in North America in the autumn of 1988 from feral adult chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho salmon (O...
Authors
T. Hastein, B. J. Hill, J. R. Winton

Genetic characterization of naturally spawned Snake River fall-run Chinook salmon Genetic characterization of naturally spawned Snake River fall-run Chinook salmon

We sampled juvenile Snake River chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha to genetically characterize the endangered Snake River fall-run population. Juveniles from fall and spring–summer lineages coexisted in our sampling areas but were differentiated by large allozyme allele frequency differences. We sorted juveniles by multilocus genotypes into putative fall and spring lineage...
Authors
A.R. Marshall, H.L. Blankenship, W.P. Connor

Biomass of coastal cutthroat trout in unlogged and previously clearcut basins in the central Coast Range of Oregon Biomass of coastal cutthroat trout in unlogged and previously clearcut basins in the central Coast Range of Oregon

Populations of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki clarki were sampled in 16 Oregon headwater streams during 1991–1993. These streams were above upstream migration barriers and distributed among basins that had been logged 20–30 and 40–60 years ago and basins that had not been logged but had burned 125–150 years ago. The objective of our study was to characterize the populations...
Authors
P.J. Connolly, J.D. Hall

Comparative sequence analyses of sixteen reptilian paramyxoviruses Comparative sequence analyses of sixteen reptilian paramyxoviruses

Viral genomic RNA of Fer-de-Lance virus (FDLV), a paramyxovirus highly pathogenic for reptiles, was reverse transcribed and cloned. Plasmids with significant sequence similarities to the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and polymerase (L) genes of mammalian paramyxoviruses were identified by BLAST search. Partial sequences of the FDLV genes were used to design primers for amplification...
Authors
W. Ahne, W.N. Batts, Gael Kurath, J. R. Winton

Biochemical analysis of plant protection afforded by a nonpathogenic endophytic mutant of Colletotrichum magna Biochemical analysis of plant protection afforded by a nonpathogenic endophytic mutant of Colletotrichum magna

A nonpathogenic mutant of Colletotrichum magna (path-1) was previously shown to protect watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seedlings from anthracnose disease elicited by wild-type C. magna. Disease protection was observed in stems of path-1-colonized cucurbits but not in cotyledons, indicating that path-1 conferred tissue-specific and/or localized protection...
Authors
R. S. Redman, S. Freeman, D.R. Clifton, J. Morrel, G. Brown, R. J. Rodriguez
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