Title | Plasmacytoid leukemia of chinook salmon. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Kent, ML, Eaton, WD, Casey, JW |
Journal | Leukemia |
Volume | 11 Suppl 3 |
Pagination | 170-1 |
Date Published | 1997 Apr |
ISSN | 0887-6924 |
Keywords | Animals, Animals, Domestic, Animals, Wild, British Columbia, Chile, Fish Diseases, Kidney, Leukemia, Plasma Cell, Microsporea, Retroviridae, Salmon, Spleen, United States |
Abstract | Plasmacytoid leukemia is a common disease of seawater pen-reared chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in British Columbia, Canada, but has also been detected in wild salmon, in freshwater-reared salmon in United States, and in salmon from netpens in Chile. The disease can be transmitted under laboratory conditions, and is associated with a retrovirus, the salmon leukemia virus. However, the proliferating plasmablasts are often infected with the microsporean Enterocytozoon salmonis, which may be an important co-factor in the disease. |
Alternate Journal | Leukemia |
PubMed ID | 9209333 |