Naturally occurring thiamine deficiency causing reproductive failure in finger lakes atlantic salmon and great lakes lake trout

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-178

  Fisher, Jeffrey P ^a,d   Fitzsimons, John D ^b   Combs, Gerald F ^a   Spitsbergen, Jan M ^c,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering ^*  (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC SALMON; LAKE TROUT; REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

USA, GREAT LAKES; USA, NEW YORK, FINGER LAKES;

SALMO SALAR; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0030326457     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0167:NOTDCR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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