Bacterial kidney disease (BKD , also known as white boil disease ) is a systemic infection caused by the bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum . The disease affects populations of wild salmonid . BKD was originally discovered in the Scottish rivers of Dee and Spey in 1933.
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^ Bacterial Kidney Disease , Fisheries Research Services , retrieved 2009-06-06
^ Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) , Fisheries Research Services, retrieved 2009-06-06 [permanent dead link ]
^ Bacterial Kidney Disease , Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health , archived from the original on 2007-09-04, retrieved 2009-05-31
^ DNR - Bacterial Kidney Disease , Michigan Department of Natural Resources , retrieved 2009-05-30
^ Transmission of Renibacterium Salmoninarum in Pacific Salmonids , United States Geological Survey , archived from the original on 2009-08-25, retrieved 2009-06-08
^ Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum) , Animal Health Australia, October 2005, archived from the original on 2008-08-03, retrieved 2009-06-06
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