DNA-Based Monitoring of Whirling Disease | |
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| type | Fact Sheet |
| author | Dr. Chloe Robinson |
| abstract | Freshwater fish species are under increasing pressure from human-related activities in watersheds across Canada. For salmonid fish however, there is a greater threat of the biological kind. Whirling disease is a disease caused by a microscopic parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis, that affects salmonid fish. One method of monitoring the spread of the infection is to monitor the distribution of sludge worms (T. tubifex) across the infected watersheds. An easy way to do this is by collecting benthic samples and analysing them using DNA metabarcoding. |
| keywords | Stream, freshwater, fish, benthic, whirling disease, |
| url | https://stream-dna.com/2020/06/09/dna-metabarcoding-whirling-disease/ |
| date | 2020 |
| publisher | STREAM |
DNA-Based Monitoring of Whirling Disease
