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PERKINSOSE [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
OBS

[The] disease [that] struck Crassostrea virginica in the Louisiana region of the Gulf of Mexico in the 1940s [and that] was attributed to ... Perkinsus marinus and was characterized by mortality, phagocytosis, inflammatory response, and ceroid cell increase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
CONT

Perkinsus marinus cause la perkinsose chez les huîtres américaines cultivées et sauvages (Crassostrea virginica). [La maladie n'est pas une préoccupation en matière de salubrité des aliments.] La perkinsose [...] se transmet directement entre les huîtres, ce qui rend les huîtres infectées et l'eau contaminée par les parasites les principaux vecteurs de transmission.

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 2025-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
CONT

Perkinsosis is a disease of gastropod and bivalve molluscs caused by protozoan parasites of the Perkinsus genus. These parasites have been responsible for mass mortality worldwide, with a significant impact on both fisheries and aquaculture, and resulting in severe economic losses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
CONT

La perkinsose est une infection des mollusques marins, [les gastropodes autant que les bivalves,] provoquée par des protistes parasites du genre Perkinsus. La première description de ce parasite protozoaire a été réalisée dans le cadre d'une étude menée en 1946 afin de déterminer les causes de mortalités massives de l'huître Crassostrea virginica dans le golfe du Mexique[, ces causes étant le] parasite connu sous le nom de Perkinsus marinus [...]

Spanish

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