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A REVIEW of the circumstances surrounding numerous whirling disease epizootics suggests that the pathogen (Myxosoma cerebralis) is most commonly transmitted through transplacement of infected fish1. Alternatively, it has been demonstrated that the spore phase of the parasite can be spread by currents throughout a water system. It is also widely accepted that equipment used in the propagation of infected trout is likely to become contaminated and the subsequent transplacement results in transmission of the disease.
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MEYERS, T., SCALA, J. & SIMMONS, E. Modes of Transmission of Whirling Disease of Trout. Nature 227, 622–623 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227622b0
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