Pathogen List

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Acanthocephalans (thorny-headed worms)

Echinorhynchus gadi

Echinorhynchus lageniformis

Neoechinorhynchus sp.

Rhadinorhynchus sp.

Apicomplexans (parasitic protists)

Coccidia (spore-forming intestinal micro-parasites)

Goussia carpelli

Bacteria

Aeromonas caviae

Aeromonas hydrophila

Aeromonas salmonicida

Aeromonas sobria

Aeromonas veronii

Citrobacter freundii

Edwardsiella ictaluri

Edwardsiella piscicida

Edwardsiella tarda

Enterobacter cloaceae

Enterobacter sp.

Flavobacterium branchiophilum (bacterial gill disease)

Flavobacterium columnare (columnaris)

Flavobacterium psychrophilum (bacterial cold water disease)

Mycobacterium marinum

Neorickettsia helminthoeca

Neorickettsia helmithoeca

Plesiomonas shigelloides

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Pseudomonas sp.

Renibacterium salmoninarum (bacterial kidney disease - BKD)

Strawberry disease

Vibrio

Yersinia ruckeri (enteric redmouth disease)

Cestodes (tapeworms)

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi

Bothriocephalus sp.

Corallobothrium sp.

Diphyllobothrium (fish tapeworm)

Lingula intestinalis

Schistocephalus solidus

Copepods

Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Lernaea (anchor worm)

Fungi and fungus-like pathogens

Branchiomyces sp.

Saprolegnia parasitica

Saprolegnia sp.

Monogeneans (flukes)

Cleidodiscus sp.

Myxozoans

Ceratonova shasta

Henneguya ictaluri

Henneguya salminicola

Myxobilatus gasterostei

Myxobolus cerebralis

Myxobolus insidiosus

Myxobolus kisutchi

Myxobolus squamalis

Parvicapsula minibicornis

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD)

Sphaerospora elegans

Nematodes (round worms)

Hysterothylacium

Rhabdochona sp.

Salvelinema walkeri

Truttaedacnitis

none

Protists (single-celled organisms, which are mostly animals - not bacteria)

Amoeba (single-celled, parasitic and free-living animals)

Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ich)

Cryptobia salmositica

Heteropolaria sp.

Trematodes (flukes & grubs)

Apophallus brevis

Bolbophorus damnificus

Clinostomum (Yellow Grub)

Diplostomum spathaceum

Nitzschia sturionis

Ornithodiplostomum sp.

Parahemiurus merus

Plagioporus sp.

Posthodiplostomum (White Grub)

Viruses

Baculoviral midgut gland necrosis virus

Channel Catfish Virus

EIBS

Epizootic hematopoietic necrosis virus

Hepatopancreatic parvovirus

Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHN)

Infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV)

Infectious myonecrosis virus (IMNV)

Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPN)

Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISA)

Koi Herpesvirus (KHV)

Laem-Singh virus

Largemouth Bass Virus (LMBV)

Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus

Megalocytivirus

Monodon baculovirus

Mourilyan virus

Oncorhynchus masou virus

Red sea bream iridovirus

Salmon alphavirus (SAV)

Salmon pancreatic disease virus

Sleeping disease virus

Spring Viraemia of Carp Virus (SVC)

Taura syndrome virus

Tilapia lake virus (TiLV)

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHS)

White Sturgeon Herpesvirus 2

White Sturgeon Iridovirus