Horizontal transfer of Renibacterium salmoninarum among farmed salmonids via the fecal-oral route

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-69

  Balfry, Shannon K ^a   Albright, Lawrence J ^b   Evelyn, Trevor P T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bacterial kidney disease; Horizontal transmission; Renibacterium salmoninarum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002009342     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao025063     Document Type: Article

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