Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
1992
Series
Manuscripts
Abstract
Compilation of 20 unpublished reports and notes on the oyster disease MSX, arranged in chronological order from 1959-1965.
- Notes on oyster mortality --
- Status of Delaware Bay disease of oysters in Chesapeake Bay area --
- Epidemiology - general --
- Status of epidemic diseases of oysters in Virginia--
- Summary of oyster mortality and disease work at the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory for 1960 --
- Notes from talks with Haskin and Carriker at Shallow Water Conference --
- Brief summary of disease studies in Virginia for 1961 --
- Status of diseases of oysters in Chesapeake Bay -- Table 1: Samples of Incidence data for MSX-- Table 3: Synopsis of SSO occurrence on Eastern Shore, 1960 --
- Notes on Mortality Conference, Solomons, Maryland -- Fifth Annual Mortality Conference, Oxford, Md: Notes on disease studies in Virginia--
- Marine scientist indicates decline in oyster deaths due to MSX--
- Thumb-nail sketch of seasonal MSX activityin Virginia--
- Notes on oyster mortality studies in Virginia (prepared for Sixth Annual Mortality Conference, New Brunswick, N.J.) --
- Seventh Annual Mortality (Pathology) Conference: The life cycle of MSX-unknown --
- Seventh Annual Mortality (Pathology) Conference: Some thoughts on significance of MSX to Virginia oyster industry --
- Notes on life cycle of MSX-- [List of publications, reports and handouts]
Listed in table of contents but not included in volume: The shellfisheries of Virginiain flux; Graphs showing Distribution of MSX, Seasonal mortalities and prevalences in annual cycles, Monthly mortalities in tray-grown susceptible oysters at Gloucester Point, and Occurrence of MSX and mortalities from early-summer and late-summer importations of disease-free James River oysters.
Keywords
Oysters -- Diseases -- Virginia, Oysters -- Diseases -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.), Haplosporidium nelsoni
Recommended Citation
Andrews, J. D. (1992) MSX disease in Virginia, 1959 to 1965. Manuscripts. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2641
