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Article Title
Species Specific Odds of Occurrence of Blackspot Among Fish From The Maple River In Western Iowa
Document Type
Research
Keywords
blackspot, Neascus pyriformis, odds ratio, host range
Abstract
Odds ratio analysis was used to evaluate the relative likelihood of occurrence of blackspot (Neascus pyriformil, Chandler) infections among 14 species of fish collected from the Maple River in Buena Vista and Ida Counties in western Iowa. Prevalence estimates ranged from 0% to 47.4% with a mean prevalence of 11.9%. The rank ordering of odds ratios of infection allowed the species to be categorized as those with risks greater than, less than, and not different from average risk to infection within the Maple River sample. The species with the largest odds ratio was the bluntnose minnow, (Pimephales notatus) (odds ratio = 7.78), whereas bigmouth shiners (Notropis dorsalis) and sand shiners (Notropis stramineus) had statistically significant odds ratios of zero.
Publication Date
March 2001
Journal Title
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
108
Issue
1
First Page
24
Last Page
26
Copyright
© Copyright 2001 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Mellen, John W.
(2001)
"Species Specific Odds of Occurrence of Blackspot Among Fish From The Maple River In Western Iowa,"
Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 108(1), 24-26.
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https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol108/iss1/8
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