Bacterial kidney disease
Bacterial kidney disease (BKD, also known as white boil disease) is a systemic infection caused by the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum. The disease affects populations of wild salmonid. BKD was originally discovered in the Scottish rivers of Dee and Spey in 1933.
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- ^ Bacterial Kidney Disease, Fisheries Research Services, retrieved 2009-06-06
- ^ Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD), Fisheries Research Services, retrieved 2009-06-06[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bacterial Kidney Disease, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, archived from the original on 2007-09-04, retrieved 2009-05-31
- ^ DNR - Bacterial Kidney Disease, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, retrieved 2009-05-30
- ^ Transmission of Renibacterium Salmoninarum in Pacific Salmonids, United States Geological Survey, archived from the original on 2009-08-25, retrieved 2009-06-08
- ^ Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum), Animal Health Australia, October 2005, archived from the original on 2008-08-03, retrieved 2009-06-06
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