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Red spots on belly of rainbow trout caused by the myxozoan parasite Myxobolus squamalis

Host: 

rainbow trout

Host tissue: 

scales

Photographer / Illustrator: 

Stephen Atkinson

Pathogen life stage: 

myxospore

Image type: 

Regular photograph

Field Locality: 

Leaburg Hatchery
Red spots on belly of rainbow trout caused by the myxozoan parasite Myxobolus squamalis
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