Provisional Instruction on the arrangements for combating hexamitosis of fishes (1998). Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Fish disease Diadromous fish Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe Entry into force notes Entry into force from the date of issue. Abstract Hexamitosis is invasion disease of artificially grown salmonides. This fish disease occurs also to eelpouts and starlet. Pathogen of this fish disease is caused by flatworms hexamita (octoniiles) salmonis – small parasite of the dimension 7-12.5X3-8 mkm. Flatworm can produce cysts of the dimension 7-10 mkm that go out of the organism of the host. Infection of fishes occurs in the process of swallowing of the aforesaid cysts during feeding or with water. All species of salmonides fall ill with he Full text Russian