WHIRLING DISEASE


Meaning of WHIRLING DISEASE in English

noun Date: 1946 an infectious often fatal disease especially of young salmonid fishes (as trout and salmon) that is caused by a protozoan ( Myxobolus cerebralis syn. Myxosoma cerebralis ) and is marked by skeletal deformities and a tendency to swim in circles

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