| pathological study on the scuticociliatosis affecting farmed japanese flounder (paralichthys olivaceus) in japan. | pathological findings associated with scuticociliatosis in farmed japanese flounder in japan are described. ten moribund fishes, farmed in tottori prefectural fisheries experimental station, showed cutaneous ulcers, darkened skin, fin and tail rot, exophthalmia and alterations in swimming behaviour. histopathologically, severe epidermal degeneration and necrosis, hyperplasia of branchial epithelium, myositis, myelitis, encephalitis associated with heavy accumulation of scuticociliates in the per ... | 2010 | 20460839 |