Antibody response and protection of atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) immunised with an extracellular polysaccharide of aeromonas salmonicida

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Bricknell, I R ^a   Bowden, T J ^a   Lomax, J ^b   Ellis, A E ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Atlantic salmon; Extracellular polysaccharide; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; LIMULUS AMOEBOCYTE; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0030642229     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1996.0059     Document Type: Article

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