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CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA [4 records]

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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Record 2 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
Crassostrea virginica
Latin
Ostrea virginica
former designation, Latin
OBS

A shell of the Ostreidae family.

OBS

Oyster and Atlantic oyster: trade names recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Crassostrea virginica
Latin
Ostrea virginica
former designation, Latin
OBS

Coquillage de la famille des Ostréidés.

OBS

huître : nom français commercial normalisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

huître américaine : terme officialisé par l’Union européenne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Pesca comercial
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Crassostrea virginica
Latin
Ostrea virginica
former designation, Latin
OBS

Crassostrea virginica: término proveniente del Código Sanitario Internacional para los Animales Acuáticos, 2002.

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Record 3 1999-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Sciences - General
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Serie: Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sciences - Généralités
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Sciences - General
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Serie: Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sciences - Généralités
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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