INVESTIGATION OF PERKINSUS SPP. IN AQUACULTURED HARD CLAMS (MERCENARIA MERCENARIA) FROM THE FLORIDA GULF COAST

AYANA MCCOY; SHIRLEY M. BAKER; ANITA C. WRIGHT

doi:10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[1029:IOPSIA]2.0.CO;2

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AYANA MCCOY,¹ SHIRLEY M. BAKER,¹ ANITA C. WRIGHT^2,*

¹1Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences IFAS, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110600, Gainesvi
²2Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition IFAS, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110370, Gaines

^**Corresponding author. E-mail awright@ifas.ufl.edu

Abstract

Aquacultured hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) from Florida were examined for Perkinsus spp. using culture in Rays Fluid Thyioglycollate Medium (RFTM) and PCR. Clams were negative for P. marinus-specific PCR, but low-level infections were observed by RFTM culture and by genus-specific PCR. In contrast, P. marinus was frequently detected in wild oysters, indicating possible host specificity for this parasite.

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AYANA MCCOY, SHIRLEY M. BAKER, and ANITA C. WRIGHT "INVESTIGATION OF PERKINSUS SPP. IN AQUACULTURED HARD CLAMS (MERCENARIA MERCENARIA) FROM THE FLORIDA GULF COAST," Journal of Shellfish Research 26(4), 1029-1033, (1 December 2007). https://doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[1029:IOPSIA]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 December 2007

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