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A bacterial disease of yellow perch (Peres flavescens)

On May 26, 1959, two of the authors' investigated a fish kill at Dailey Lake, Park County, Montana. They observed about a half-dozen live, weakly swimming yellow perch (Perca flavescens), in addition to thousand of dead perch along the shoreline. It was learned from local residents that mortalities had begun to appear some 2 weeks earlier. At that time the time the authorities had diagnosed the co
Authors
A. J. Ross, P.R. Nordstrom, J.E. Bailey, J.H. Heaton

Chemical and histological studies of wild and hatchery salmon in fresh water

In a study of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), the gross chemical and histological changes occurring over a 14-month period spent in fresh water were determined. The determinations were made at 3-month intervals on: 1) hatchery-reared fish, 2) fish hatchery-reared for 3, 6, 9, and 12 months and then planted in a controlled stream for the remainder of the period; and 3) an indigenous group of wi
Authors
E. M. Wood, W. T. Yasutake, J.E. Halver, A.N. Woodall

Ovarian fluid: Its role in fertilization

FISH-CULTURISTs, in general, do not agree as to the time of actual fertilization of artificially spawned salmonid eggs. Some fish-culturists believe that the eggs are fertilized in the milt before water is added, while others are equally certain that fertilization is not achieved until after water is added. This difference of opinion has probably existed since the advent of the dry spawning method
Authors
R.R. Rucker, J.F. Conrad, C.W. Dick

A Virus-like disease of chinook salmon

Consideration is given to a recurring disease of early feeding chinook salmon fingerlings at the Coleman, California, Federal Fish Cultural Station. The infection becomes manifest in the early spring months at low water temperatures and abates as the water temperature rises. Bacteriological studies have failed to yield the presence of a disease agent, either by cultural or staining procedures. The
Authors
A. J. Ross, J. Pelnar, R.R. Rucker

An illuminator for observing and photographing precipitin reactions in agar

Abstract not available.
Authors
G.W. Klontz, G.J. Ridgway, G.P. Wilson

A "virus" disease of chinook salmon

Epizootics among chinook salmon fingerlings at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery have occurred periodically since 1941. A virus or virus-like filterable agent has been demonstrated to be the causative agent of this disease.
Authors
A. J. Ross, R.R. Rucker

The life-cycle of the digenetic trematode, Proctoeces maculatus (Looss, 1901) Odhner, 1911 (Syn. P. rubtenuis [Linton, 1907] Hanson, 1950), and description of Cerceria adranocerca n. sp

The genus Proctoeces was erected by Odhner ( 191 1) to contain Distonium maculatuni Looss, 1901, from Labrus merula and Crenilabrus spp. at Triest. Odhner had found the parasite in Blennius ocellaris at Naples. One adult specimen from Chrysophrys bifasciata and two immature specimens from lulis lunaris taken in the Red Sea, were described as a new species, Proctoeces erythraeus. Dawes (1946) liste
Authors
H. W. Stunkard, J. R. Uzmann

Dry diets for Chinook salmon

The purpose of this paper is to present the results obtained with seven different diets used as starting diets of chinook salmon fry.
Authors
Walter E. Neilson, J. J. Mazuranich

Etiology of sockeye salmon 'virus' disease

Violent epizootics among hatchery reared sockeye salmon fingerlings (Oncorhynchus nerka) caused by a filterable agent have occurred. In 1954, one source of this infectious, filterable agent was found to be adult sockeye viscera used in the diet for the fingerlings. The results of observations on an epizootic in 1958 indicate that the infection may be transmitted to fingerlings from a water supply
Authors
Raymond W. Guenther, S.W. Watson, R.R. Rucker, A. J. Ross

Vibrio infections among marine and fresh-water fish

In 1951. B. J. Earpio found a vibrio infection among salmon fingerlings being reared in saltwater at the Deception Pass Biological Station of the Washington State Department of Fisheries. The disease waa characterized by erythema at the base of fins and on the sides of the fish, necrotic areas in the Inusculature, inflammation of the intestinal tract, and general septicernia. The disease reappeare
Authors
Robert R. Rucker