Myxobolus cerebralis is the myxozoan parasite responsible for causing whirling disease in salmonid fish. Although the parasite was first described nearly 100 yr ago, it received relatively little attention until the discovery of its 2-host life cycle in the mid 1980s. This was the first, complete, myxozoan life cycle to be described, and it was greeted with some skepticism because it united 2 stages of M. cerebralis that were previously classified in 2 separate taxa. In the last decade, there has been a renewed interest in this parasite because whirling disease has been implicated in the decline of wild trout populations in several western states in the United States. Subsequent research efforts have dramatically increased the understanding of the biology of M. cerebralis and the numerous factors that affect the severity of whirling disease in salmonid hosts. These efforts also have provided a great deal of new information concerning interactions between M. cerebralis and its aquatic oligochaete host Tubifex tubifex. This review examines the current state of M. cerebralis in relation to 3 categories: the life cycle, the salmonid hosts, and the oligochaete host.
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
August 2003
DEFINING THE FIELD|
August 01 2003
WHIRLING DISEASE OF SALMONID FISH: LIFE CYCLE, BIOLOGY, AND DISEASE
Michael A. Gilbert;
Michael A. Gilbert
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812. [email protected]
Search for other works by this author on:
Willard O. Granath, Jr.
Willard O. Granath, Jr.
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812. [email protected]
Search for other works by this author on:
J Parasitol (2003) 89 (4): 658–667.
Citation
Michael A. Gilbert, Willard O. Granath; WHIRLING DISEASE OF SALMONID FISH: LIFE CYCLE, BIOLOGY, AND DISEASE. J Parasitol 1 August 2003; 89 (4): 658–667. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-82R
Download citation file:
Sign in
Don't already have an account? Register
Client Account
You could not be signed in. Please check your email address / username and password and try again.
Could not validate captcha. Please try again.
Sign in via your Institution
Sign in via your InstitutionCiting articles via
SEROPREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN ONE-HUMPED CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS) IN QATAR
Sonia Boughattas, Hashim Alhussain, Ahmed Gawish, Nahla O. Eltai
SCOLICIDAL POTENCY OF BILE AGAINST ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
İsa Caner Aydın, Noyan İlhan, Ahmet Şeker, Cem Batuhan Ofluoğlu, Fırat Mülküt, Nuri Emrah Göret, Kenan Çetin, Erdal Polat, Gökhan Aygün, Hasan Fehmi Kücük
SYNONYMIZATION OF PLACOBDELLA PICTA (VERRILL, 1872) (HIRUDINEA: GLOSSIPHONIIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES REVEALED BY MOLECULAR SPECIES DELIMITATION
Anna J. Phillips, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond, Brett C. Gonzalez, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem, William E. Moser
A RE-EVALUATION OF ZYGOCOTYLE (DIGENEA, PARAMPHISTOMOIDEA) BASED ON NEW GENETIC DATA SUPPORTS ITS SYNONYMIZATION WITH WARDIUS
Tyler J. Achatz, Dawn W. Cleveland, Sarah A. Orlofske, Robert C. Jadin, Jason Block, Lisa K. Belden, Hudson A. Pinto, Vasyl V. Tkach
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF GYRINICOLA YAMAGUTI, 1938, FROM THE MONTEZUMA FROG, RANA MONTEZUMAE, IN THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN THE NEARCTIC AND NEOTROPICS
Matthew A. Walker, Rogelio Aguilar-Aguilar, Virginia León-Règagnon, F. Agustín Jiménez