Systemic zygomycosis in farmed tilapia fish

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-306

  Wolf, J C ^a   Smith, S A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY FLUID; CELL CULTURE; FISH DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SILVER STAINING; SPOROGENESIS; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYMENOPAPPUS ARTEMISIIFOLIUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RHIZOMUCOR; TILAPIA;

EID: 0032844988     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.1999.0323     Document Type: Article

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