Directory of Proliferative Kidney Disease Resources

This category is for sites about the disease of fish, proliferative kidney disease.

Resources in This Category

Current Research on PKD

http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/420/current-research-on-pkd-at-stirling
Outlines research being done at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Sterling including the testing of novel treatments, elucidation of the life cycle of the parasite, development of a vaccine to prevent PKD and selective breeding of PKD-tolerant fish.
Kidney Diseases: Proliferative Kidney Disease

http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/eafp1/KID12M.HTM#Kidney
Provides images of stained sections of diseased tissue showing the typical granulomalous response to the myxosporidean infection.
Proliferative Kidney Disease

http://aqua.intervet.com/diseases/proliferative-kidney-disease/productadditional_127_113338.aspx
Provides information on this disease of salmonids, its transmission, the external and internal signs, prevention and management.
Proliferative Kidney Disease of Salmonids

http://www.glfc.org/pubs/SpecialPubs/sp83_2/pdf/chap28.pdf
Describes the arrival of this disease in North America, the signs of infection, the epizootiology, its incidence and possible control.
The Phylogeography of Salmonid Proliferative Kidney Disease in Europe and North America

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1691782/pdf/15306294.pdf
Paper by Matthew Henderson and Beth Okamura presented to the Royal Society outlining their studies into this disease.

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