Whirling disease Myxosoma cerebralis spore concentration using the continuous plankton centrifuge.
A method for concentrating and detecting the spores of the cause of whirling disease (Myxosoma cerebralis) of salmonids is described. The method involves homogenization of head skeletons, screening out tissue shreds, and concentrating with a continuous plankton centrifuge.
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002498:Centrifugation; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D012487:Salmonidae; D013170:Spores / Q000302:isolation & purification