Principal source: Melrose, 2002. Myxobolus cerebralis: The causative agent of whirling disease in salmonid fish
Compiler: National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) & IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)
Review: Dr. Jerri Bartholomew. Center for Fish Disease Research Department of Microbiology, Nash Hall 220 Oregon State University Corvallis. USA
Publication date: 2005-11-10
Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2024) Species profile: Myxobolus cerebralis. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=437 on 08-12-2024.
The Whirling Disease Foundation, the Whirling Disease Initiative, and sponsored researchers are leading research on the development of a working risk assessment model for whirling disease and how it might be used as a management tool by fisheries managers to estimate risks and identify actions to reduce these risks. For details and updates on this project please see Whirling Disease Initiative: Risk Assessment.