Streptococcus iniae, the causative agent of mass mortality in rabbitfish siganus canaliculatus in Bahrain

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-93

  Yuasa, Kei ^a   Kitancharoen, Nilubol ^b,d   Kataoka, Yasushi ^b   Al Murbaty, Faisal Abduljalil ^c  

^a Fisheries and Aquaculture International Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture   (Bahrain)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOGENESIS;

ACANTHOPAGRUS LATUS; DIPLODUS SARGUS; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; LIZA MACROLEPIS; SIGANUS CANALICULATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 0032988906     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8667(1999)011<0087:SITCAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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