| 18s ribosomal dna-based pcr identification of neoparamoeba pemaquidensis, the agent of amoebic gill disease in sea-farmed salmonids. | neoparamoeba pemaquidensis is a parasomal amoeboid protozoan identified as the agent of amoebic gill disease (agd) in atlantic salmon salmo salar reared in sea-pens in tasmania, australia, and coho salmon oncorhynchus kisutch farmed on the west coast of the usa. outbreaks of agd caused by immunologically cross-reactive paramoebae have also been reported in sea-farmed salmonids in several other countries. complete 18s rdna sequences were determined for respective paramoebae isolated from infected ... | 2004 | 15352525 |