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Record 1 2025-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

Perkinsosis that is caused by the protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus, and that affects particularly the oyster Crassostrea virginica.

CONT

Following the earliest reports of infections by the previously unknown pathogen Perkinsus marinus in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica of the Gulf of Mexico, the name of the disease was colloquially abbreviated as Dermo in reference to the obsolete initial name of that pathogen, Dermocystidium marinum ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Perkinsose causée par le parasite protozoaire Perkinsus marinus, et qui affecte en particulier l'huître Crassostrea virginica.

CONT

Enfin, l’apparition de nouveaux vecteurs d’épizooties est une autre caractéristique de l’évolution actuelle des écosystèmes littoraux qui sont aussi marqués par la recrudescence de maladies d’organismes marins (p. ex., huîtres et Dermo (Perkinsus marinus) [...], palourdes et perkinsose (Perkinsus olseni)), qui sont directement mises en relation avec l’augmentation des températures.

OBS

La maladie [...] se manifeste chez les huîtres adultes de plus d’un an et provoque plusieurs symptômes, dont l’ouverture de leur coquille hors de l’eau.

Spanish

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