WHIRLING DISEASE (Myxosoma cerebralis): CONTROL WITH ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION AND EFFECT ON FISH

1 October 1975

journal article
Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Vol. 11 (4) , 505-507
https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-11.4.505

Abstract

Water contaminated by Myxosoma cerebralis was disinfected with ultraviolet irradiation to control whirling disease. Irradiation at 18,000 microwatt seconds/cm2 (MWS/cm2) reduced infectivity of M. cerebralis by 31-86% and 27,650 MWS/cm2 reduced infectivity by 86-100%, even in the presence of a small amount of silt.

Keywords

FISH
MYXOSOMA CEREBRALIS
ULTRAVIOLET
SILT
CONTAMINATED
MICROWATT
DISINFECTED
SECONDS/CM2

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