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Histopathology - Plate 21 - Figures 61-63 PDF Format

By Western Fisheries Research Center
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Histopathology - Plate 21 - Figures 61-63 PDF Format

  • Figure 61: N. salmonis. Kidney imprint of fingerling Chinook salmon infected with N. salmonis. Note lymphocyte nucleus (arrow) with prespore stage of N. salmonis. Electron photomicrograph. (Courtesy of John Morrison). 996w x 773h (200 dpi). 4.98 in. x 3.865 in.
  • Figure 62: N. salmonis. Developing sporoblast (arrows) within the host cell nucleus of a fingerling Chinook salmon. Electron photomicrograph. (Courtesy of John Morrison *). 1006w x 788h (200 dpi). 5.03 in. x 3.94 in. *Morrison, J. K., E. MacConnell, P. F. Chapman, R. L. Westgard. 1990. A microsporidium-induced lymphoblastosis in Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in freshwater. Dis. Aquat. Org. 8: 99-104.
  • Figure 63: Loma sp. a microsporidian, in a luamellar cyst of a 2-year-old steelhead trout. M-G G stain. X160. 3668w x 2376h (4002.923 dpi). 0.916 in. x 0.594 in. 

*Morrison, J.K., E. MacConnell, P.F. Chapman, and R.L. Westgard. 1990. A microsporidium-induced lymphoblastosis in Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in freshwater. Dis. Aquatic. Org. 8: 99-104.

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