Unusually abundant and large ciliate xenomas in oysters, Crassostrea virginica, from Great Bay, New Hampshire, USA
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- 作者：Emily Scarpa McGurk ; emily.mcgurk@rutgers.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Susan Ford susan@hsrl.rutgers.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; David Bushek bushek@hsrl.rutgers.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Shellfish pathology ; Disease ; Hypertrophic lesions ; Phyllopharyngea ; Rhynchodida ; Sphenophrya dosiniae
- 刊名：Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：137
- 期：Complete
- 页码：23-32
- 全文大小：2264 K
文摘
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Great Bay, NH oysters exhibited high prevalence and intensity of ciliate xenomas.
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Xenomas were large enough to occlude host water tubes and quantify macroscopically.
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Prevalence increased with host size; intensity peaked at 70–90 mm shell height.
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Xenomas varied seasonally with higher prevalence and intensity in fall.