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Table 1 Histologic lesion distribution in white sturgeon 40-days post challenge

From: Effects of temperature on Veronaea botryosa infections in white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus and fungal induced cytotoxicity of fish cell lines

 

Lesion

Muscle

Head kidney

Trunk kidney

Coelomic cavity

Liver

Spleen

Pancreas/mesentery

GI

Heart

Gill

Spinal canal

Cold control

 Replicate 1

           

 Replicate 2

           

 Replicate 3

           

Cold exposed

 Replicate 1

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 2

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 3

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 4

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Warm control

 Replicate 1

           

 Replicate 2

           

 Replicate 3

           

Warm exposed

 Replicate 1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 2

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 3

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 4

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

 Replicate 5

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

  1. Lesions are described for all major tissues with the presence (+) or absence (−) of Veronaea botryosa on histologic analysis. No lesions were observed in any control fish at either temperature.