Enhanced culture of Aeromonas salmonicida from covertly-infected rainbow trout following administration of the stress induced furunculosis test

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 214, 1996, Pages 105-112

  Cipriano, Rocco C ^a   Bullock, Graham L ^b   Schill, W Bane ^a   Kretschmann, Ricarda ^b  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Freshwater Institute Shepherdstown   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Covert infection; Culture; Furunculosis; Rainbow trout; Stress induced furunculosis test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030326877     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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