scholarly journals Manifestation of Proliferative Kidney Disease in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Following Transfer of Infected Smolts to Sea Water.

1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Kent ◽  
D. J. Whitaker ◽  
M. J. Higgins ◽  
J. M. Blackburn ◽  
S. C. Dawe
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Proliferative Kidney Disease

Proliferative kidney disease and Sphaerospora oncorhynchi in wild-caught salmonids from the Puntledge River system, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (S1) ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.L. Kent ◽  
M. Higgins ◽  
D.J. Whitaker ◽  
H. Yokoyama
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Sockeye Salmon ◽  
Natural Infection ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Renal Tubules ◽  
Kokanee Salmon ◽  
Proliferative Kidney Disease ◽  
Sexually Mature

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD), caused by the PKX myxosporean, was observed in kokanee salmon (non-anadromous sockeye salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka) and chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) collected from the Puntledge River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia in July 1993. This is the first report of a natural infection of PKX in either captive or wild sockeye salmon. All 14 underyearling kokanee salmon and the one underyearling chinook salmon exhibited numerous PKX organisms and associated chronic inflammation in the renal interstitium. Thirty-eight percent of sexually mature kokanee salmon collected in the autumn of 1993 from Comox Lake (which drains into the Puntledge River) were infected with Sphaerospora oncorhynchi, Kent, Whitaker and Margolis, 1993 in the renal tubules, while immature cutthroat trout (O. clarki) and coho salmon (O. kisutch) from the same collection did not exhibit myxosporean spores in the kidney. The kidneys of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) collected from the Puntledge River during the summer were all infected with a Myxobilatus sp., but no organisms suggestive of PKX or Sphaerospora were observed. This study further supports the hypothesis that PKX is a developmental stage of S. oncorhynchi, which may sporulate only in sexually mature salmonids.

scholarly journals Both msa Genes in Renibacterium salmoninarum Are Needed for Full Virulence in Bacterial Kidney Disease

2006 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 2672-2678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Coady ◽  
Anthony L. Murray ◽  
Diane G. Elliott ◽  
Linda D. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽  
Soluble Antigen ◽  
Renibacterium Salmoninarum ◽  
Juvenile Chinook Salmon ◽  
Bacterial Kidney Disease ◽  
Important Virulence Factor ◽  
Chromosomal Loci

ABSTRACT Renibacterium salmoninarum, a gram-positive diplococcobacillus that causes bacterial kidney disease among salmon and trout, has two chromosomal loci encoding the major soluble antigen (msa) gene. Because the MSA protein is widely suspected to be an important virulence factor, we used insertion-duplication mutagenesis to generate disruptions of either the msa1 or msa2 gene. Surprisingly, expression of MSA protein in broth cultures appeared unaffected. However, the virulence of either mutant in juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) by intraperitoneal challenge was severely attenuated, suggesting that disruption of the msa1 or msa2 gene affected in vivo expression.

Genetic effects of ELISA-based segregation for control of bacterial kidney disease in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (12) ◽  
pp. 2793-2808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J Hard ◽  
Diane G Elliott ◽  
Ronald J Pascho ◽  
Dorothy M Chase ◽  
Linda K Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Antigen Level ◽  
Renibacterium Salmoninarum ◽  
Listonella Anguillarum ◽  
Bacterial Kidney Disease ◽  
Genetic And Phenotypic Correlations ◽  
High Heritability

We evaluated genetic variation in ability of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to resist two bacterial pathogens: Renibacterium salmoninarum, the agent of bacterial kidney disease (BKD), and Listonella anguillarum, an agent of vibriosis. After measuring R. salmoninarum antigen in 499 adults by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), we mated each of 12 males with high or low antigen levels to two females with low to moderate levels and exposed subsets of their progeny to each pathogen separately. We found no correlation between R. salmoninarum antigen level in parents and survival of their progeny following pathogen exposure. We estimated high heritability for resistance to R. salmoninarum (survival h2 = 0.890 ± 0.256 (mean ± standard error)) independent of parental antigen level, but low heritability for resistance to L. anguillarum (h2 = 0.128 ± 0.078). The genetic correlation between these survivals (rA = –0.204 ± 0.309) was near zero. The genetic and phenotypic correlations between survival and antigen levels among surviving progeny exposed to R. salmoninarum were both negative (rA = –0.716 ± 0.140; rP = –0.378 ± 0.041), indicating that variation in antigen level is linked to survival. These results suggest that selective culling of female broodstock with high antigen titers, which is effective in controlling BKD in salmon hatcheries, will not affect resistance of their progeny.

Antibiotic Toxicity, Efficacy, and Teratogenicity in Adult Spring Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

1972 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1513-1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark G. DeCew
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Chinook Salmon ◽  
Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Penicillin G ◽  
Adult Survival ◽  
Bacterial Kidney Disease

Antibiotics were tested for toxicity and efficacy in adult spring chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) infected with bacterial kidney disease and furunculosis. The complex of penicillin G procaine, dihydrostreptomycin sulfate, and oxytetracycline-HCl was not toxic and it effectively controlled both diseases, producing a three-fold increase in adult survival and production of viable eggs.Mandible and fin teratogenesis occurred in progeny of adults treated with the above antibiotic complex, but could be reduced by providing a 32 day interim between injection and spawning.

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