Salmonid susceptibility to whirling disease
This page tabulates susceptibility of various salmonids to whirling disease.
| Genus | Common Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Oncorhynchus | Rainbow trout | 3 |
| Steelhead trout | 3 | |
| Cutthroat trout | ||
| Yellowstone cutthroat | 2 | |
| Westslope cutthroat | 2 | |
| Colorado River cutthroat | 2 | |
| Rio Grande cutthroat | 2 | |
| Greenback cutthroat | 2 | |
| Chinook salmon | 2 | |
| Sockeye salmon | 3 | |
| Chum salmon | 1 S | |
| Pink salmon | 1 S | |
| Cherry salmon | 1 S | |
| Coho salmon | 1 | |
| Salvelinus | Brook trout | 2 |
| Dolly Varden | 1 S | |
| Bull trout | 1 | |
| Lake trout | 0 S | |
| Salmo | Atlantic salmon | 2 S |
| Brown trout | 1 | |
| Prosopium | Mountain whitefish | 2 S |
| Thymallus | European grayling | 2 S |
| Arctic grayling | 0 | |
| Hucho | Danube salmon | 3 |
| *Susceptibility as defined in laboratory or exposure to M. cerebralis at vulnerable life stages. ^Score of 0-3 or S: 0=resistant, no spores develop; 1=partial resistance, clinical disease rare and develops only when exposed to very high parasite doses. 2=susceptible, clinical disease common at high parasite doses, but greater resistance to disease at low doses. | ||
References
MacConnell, E., and E. R. Vincent. 2002. Review: The effects of Myxobolus cerebralis on the salmonid host. Pages 95–107 in J. L. Bartholomew and J. C. Wilson, editors. Whirling disease: Reviews and current topics. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 29, Bethesda, Maryland.