Whirling Disease: What it is and how to keep it out of the Athabasca Watershed
Whirling Disease is a microscopic parasite that infects tubifex worms (Tubifex tubifex)3. The organism has a complex lifecycle that requires a Salmonid (Trout, Salmon, Charr, Grayling, and Whitefish) and Tubifex worms as hosts1.
