Effects of dissolved oxygen concentration on experimental horizontal transmission of induced by artificial infection with Enterococcus seriolicida in Yellowtail

Fish Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-49

  Fukuda, Yutaka ^a   Maita, Masashi ^b   Satoh, Koh Ichi ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Okamoto, Nobuaki ^b   Ikeda, Yayoi ^b  

^a Oita Inst of Mar and Fish Science   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Yanmar Marine Farm   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Enterococcus seriolicida; Horizontal transmission; Yellowtail

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA;

EID: 0013381058     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.32.43     Document Type: Article

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