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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
Whitish, opaque, coalescing masses were observed coating the visceral organs of numerous adult coho salmon when they were dissected for artificial spawning in the autumn of 1983 at the Puntledge River hatchery, British Columbia. One affected fish was observed in November 1991. Histological examination of 10 of these fish (nine in 1983 and one in 1991) revealed that the lesions consisted of unusual proliferations of eosinophilic granule cells (EGCs) with some characteristics of neoplasia. The proliferative lesions extended throughout the gastrointestinal tract and infiltrated through all layers of the gut. Pancreatic tissue and adipose tissues associated with the pyloric caeca were also infiltrated and replaced by the proliferating EGCs. A mild diffuse infiltration was also observed in the spleen, liver and kidney. Histochemical analysis and ultrastructural examination showed the proliferating cells to be essentially identical with the EGCs which are usually concentrated in the stratum granulosum of the intestine in normal salmonid fishes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Unusual eosinophilic granule cell proliferation in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Sciences Branch, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article