Immunohistochemical examination of experimental Streptococcus iniae infection in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 169-178

  Nguyen, Huu Thinh ^a   Kanai, Kinya ^a   Yoshikoshi, Kazuma ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Immunohistochemistry; Japanese flounder; Paralichthys olivaceus; Streptococcosis; Streptococcus iniae

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 0012373789     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.36.169     Document Type: Article

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