Australasian pilchard mortalities

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-392

  Jones, J B ^a   Hyatt, A D ^b   Hine, P M ^c   Whittington, R J ^d   Griffin, D A ^b   Bax, N J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clupeoidei; Epizootiology; Gill diseases; Herpesvirus; Pathology; Pilchard; Sardinops sagax neopilchardus

Indexed keywords

CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEOIDEI; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; SARDINOPS SAGAX;

EID: 0030806972     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018568031621     Document Type: Review

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