Salmon poisoning disease — (SPD) is a fatal disease of dogs and other canids caused by infection with a type of rickettsia, Neorickettsia helminthoeca .cite book|author=Ettinger, Stephen J.;Feldman, Edward C.|title=Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine|edition=4th… … Wikipedia
salmon poisoning — a form of poisoning in dogs, other carnivores, and occasionally humans, commonly in the Pacific Northwest, from eating raw fish, especially salmon and trout, that are parasitized by the fluke Troglotrema salmincola, which serves as a vector for… … Dictionary of ichthyology
salmon poisoning — noun also salmon disease : a highly fatal febrile disease of dogs and various other fish eating mammals that resembles canine distemper and is thought due to a rickettsia transmitted by encysted larvae of a fluke (Troglotrema salmincola) ingested … Useful english dictionary
salmon disease — 1) a bacterial disease of salmonids 2) a parasitic disease fatal to dogs caused by eating raw salmon; found in the Pacific northwest of North America, one of the few places dogs have access to raw salmon. See salmon poisoning … Dictionary of ichthyology
Nanophyetus salmincola — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa (unranked) … Wikipedia
Fish diseases and parasites — This gizzard shad has VHS, a deadly infectious disease which causes bleeding. It afflicts over 50 species of freshwater and marine fish in the northern hemisphere.[1] Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites. Fish… … Wikipedia
List of dog diseases — This list of dog diseases is a continuously updated selection of diseases and other conditions found in the dog. Some of these diseases are unique to dogs or closely related species, while others are found in other animals, including humans. Not… … Wikipedia
Some common diseases of dogs — ▪ Table Some common diseases of dogs name(s) of disease causative agent nature of disease distemper virus affects nonvaccinated (nonimmunized) puppies in contact with infected animals; symptoms include loss of appetite, fever; inflammation of the … Universalium
Nanophyetus — Nano·phy·e·tus (nan″o fiґə təs) a genus of trematodes of the family Troglotrematidae; called also Troglotrema. N. salminґcola is found in the kidney and under the skin of fish, especially salmon and trout, and serves as a vector… … Medical dictionary
Neorickettsia helminthoeca — the etiologic agent of salmon poisoning in dogs and other canids; it lives inside the salmon fluke, Nanophyetus salmincola, and if this parasitizes a fish, animals that eat the fish will become infected. Horizontal transmission can also occur … Medical dictionary
