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Diseases of Rainbow Trout
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Furunculosis
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caused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida (A. salm), is one of the most serious infectious diseases of wild and farmed salmonids throughout the world, except South America.
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Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
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used to be a disease of first-feeding fry in the freshwater phase, in recent years it has become a serious problem in marine salmonid farming. Salmonids are predominantly susceptible, particularly brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon and Coho salmon.
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Proliferative kidney disease
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a parasitic disease of great economic significance to salmonid aquaculture. Although primarily regarded as a condition affecting first season rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), all salmonids can become infected during freshwater stages with varying severity.
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Vibriosis
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a bacterial disease of salt-water and migratory fish, and the severity of vibriosis has increased proportionately with the development and expansion of fish farming world-wide. It has a global distribution with epizootics on all continents and a wide range of fish.
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