CASE REPORT OF KIDNEY DISEASE IN A WILD CHINOOK SALMON, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, IN THE SEA

Abstract

An immature chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) that spent winters at sea was found in a Puget Sound beach zone [USA]. Necropsy indicated the fish was infected with bacterial kidney disease (KD). This is the 1st report of KD from a wild fish in the marine environment.