Proliferative Kidney Disease

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• Current Research on PKD 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 Provides images of stained sections of diseased tissue showing the typical granulomalous response to the myxosporidean infection.
• Proliferative Kidney Disease Provides information on this disease of salmonids, its transmission, the external and internal signs, prevention and management.
• The Phylogeography of Salmonid Proliferative Kidney Disease in Europe and North America Paper by Matthew Henderson and Beth Okamura presented to the Royal Society outlining their studies into this disease.