An immunohistochemical study of Flexibacter psychrophilus infection in experimentally and naturally infected rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fry

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 53-61

  Evensen, Øystein ^a   Lorenzen, Ellen ^b  

^a Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flexibacter psychrophilus; Fry; Immunohistochemistry; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002347392     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao025053     Document Type: Article

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