A novel protist parasite, Salmoxcellia vastator n. gen., n. sp. (Xcelliidae, Perkinsozoa), infecting farmed salmonids in Norway

Table 2 Tissue distribution of lesions and quantitative PCR-positive samples from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) broodstock (n = 31)

Organ	No. of fishes with lesions	No. of positive fish by qPCR	Cq value range (mean)^a
Liver	7	10	10–31 (18)
Heart	4	14	10–35 (24)
Kidney	2	14	19–35 (26)
Red muscle	0	23	12–33 (23)
Gill	0	16	16–37 (27)

^aCycle threshold (Cq) values; lower Cq values reflect higher amounts of target RNA

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