Differential diagnostic table for molluscs

Please note: one or more of the disease signs described may be present with disease. Disease, however, may still be present in the absence of the gross or clinical signs described here.

Diseases of molluscs | Diseases of crustaceans | Diseases of finfish

may be seen in all life stages  typically seen in adults only typically seen in juveniles only

Differential alternatives

Possible disease or disease agent responsible

Viral diseases of molluscs

Abalone viral ganglioneuritis

Abalone viral mortality

Abalone viral mortality

Abalone viral ganglioneuritis

Akoya oyster disease

Nil (histology required)

Iridovirosis

Infection with Bonamia spp., Marteilia spp., Mikrocytos spp., Perkinsus spp .

Bacterial diseases of molluscs

Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis

Infection with Perkinsus spp.

Parasitic diseases of molluscs

Infection with Bonamia species

Infection with Bonamia spp., Mikrocytos spp.

Infection with Bonamia exitiosa

Infection with Bonamia ostreae

Infection with Marteilia refringens

Infection with Bonamia spp., Marteilia spp., Mikrocytos spp.

Infection with Marteilia sydneyi

Infection with Bonamia spp., Mikrocytos spp.

Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis

Nil (histology required)

Infection with Mikrocytos mackini

Infection with Perkinsus marinus

Infection with Perkinsus spp.

Infection with Perkinsus olseni