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Myxosoma cerebralis (whirling disease)
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Head, cartilage, backbone
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Blacktail, skeletal deformity
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Histology, isolation of parasite
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Weight loss, distended and hemorrhagic vent
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Aurantiactinomyxon ictaluri (PGD, HGD)
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Sphaerospora auratus (renal dropsy)
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Mortality, severely enlarged and cystic kidney
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Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (proliferative kidney disease)
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Rainbow trout, all salmonids
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Lethargy, darkening, fluid accumulation, exophthalmia
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Gyrodactylus (live bearer, except in Loricaridae)
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Goldfish, koi (predisposed)
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Excess mucus, flashing, weight loss
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes, formalin
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Family: Dactylogyridae (egg layers)
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Goldfish, koi, angelfish, discus, channel catfish
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Piping, coughing, weight loss, skin lesions
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes, formalin
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Capsalids; Benedenia, Neobenedenia (egg layer)
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Epithelium of skin and gills
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Marine tropicals, other marine species, marine angelfish
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Epithelial lesions, flashing, weight loss, mortality
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes, formalin
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Striped bass, hybrid striped bass, Florida pompano
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Pale gills, piping, mortality
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes, formalin
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Trematodes (IH usually mollusc)
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Redtail shark, black shark, rainbow shark, angelfish (FW), other pond-reared fish, aquarium fish
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Flared gills, hypoxia, piping, do not tolerate shipping and handling
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Largemouth bass, centrarchids, hybrid striped bass
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Viscera, heart, posterior kidney
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Largemouth bass, bluegill, centrachids, salmonids, other fish
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Fish are IH (unspecified species)
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Direct visualization, histology
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Salmonids, other FW species
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Adhesions, sterility (if gonads affected)
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes
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Proteocephalus ambloplitis
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes
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Bothriocephalus acheilognathi
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Weight loss, enteritis, mortality
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Praziquantel in nonfood fishes
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Wild-caught freshwater fishes, wild-caught marine fish
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Angelfish, discus, other aquarium fish
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Direct visualization, wet mount
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Largemouth bass, other centrarchids
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Visualize worms protruding from anus
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Visualize worms protruding from anus
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Angelfish, other aquarium species
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Largemouth bass, centrarchids
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FW game fish, aquarium fish
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