myxoboliasis

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English

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Etymology

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From translingual Myxobolus +‎ -iasis.

Noun

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myxoboliasis (uncountable)

  1. Infection with parasites (myxozoas) of the genus Myxobolus.
    • 1920, Rokusaburo Kudo, “Studies on Myxosporidia”, in Illinois Biological Monographs[1], volume 5, page 134:
      The cause of well known "Boil disease" (Beulenkrankheit) or Myxoboliasis tuberosa (Hofer) of the barbels in European waters.
    • 1983, Fish quarantine and fish diseases in Southeast Asia, UNDP/FAO South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Program, International Development Research Centre (Canada):
      There are four major communicable diseases causing great losses to the freshwater-fish culture industry today: myxoboliasis, myxosomiasis, lerneosis, and a bacterial disease.
    • 2002, James Richard Arthur, Primary Aquatic Animal Health Care in Rural, Small-scale, Aquaculture Development:
      Gill myxoboliasis, caused by Myxobolus and Henneguya, has caused heavy losses in Indian major carps, mainly Catla catla, in Bangladesh.