| a survey of some parasites and diseases of several species of bivalve mollusc in northern western australia. | pteriid oysters (pinctada maxima, pinctada margaritifera, pinctada albina, pteria penguin), rock oysters (saccostrea glomerata, saccostrea cuccullata, saccostrea echinata) and representatives of other taxa (malleidae, isognomonidae, pinnidae, mytilidae, spondylidae, arcidae) from the wild, and 4670 hatchery-reared p. maxima, from northern and western australia, were examined for parasites and diseases. rickettsiales-like inclusions and metacestodes of tylocephalum occurred in most species. intra ... | 2000 | 10785864 |
| histopathology of oedema in pearl oysters pinctada maxima. | in october 2006, severe mortalities (80 to 100%) were reported in pearl oyster pinctada maxima production farms from exmouth gulf, western australia. only p. maxima were affected; other bivalves including black pearl oysters p. margaratifera remained healthy. initial investigations indicated that the mortality was due to an infectious process, although no disease agent has yet been identified. gross appearance of affected oysters showed mild oedema, retraction of the mantle, weakness and death. ... | 2010 | 20853743 |