Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Swimbladder Leiomyosarcoma in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in North America.
- Journal:
- Journal of wildlife diseases
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Bowser, Paul R et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology · United States
Abstract
Leiomyosarcoma with associated retrovirus were found in North America for the first time in adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) held in a quarantine facility at the North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery (NANFH), Massachusetts, USA. The fish had been collected as age 1-2 yr animals from the Pleasant River, Maine, and were to be used as brood stock in a population augmentation program for that river. Neoplastic disease was observed at NANFH initially in older (age 4 yr) fish, followed by age 3 yr fish. Disease was not observed in age 2 yr fish. The mortality pattern was chronic.
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