Screening for microorganisms associated with M74 disease syndrome in sea-run Baltic salmon (Salmo salar)

Ambio

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Cooray, Ruby ^a   Holmberg, Martin ^c   Hellström, Anders ^d   Härdig, Jan ^d   Mattsson, Roland ^d   Gunnarsson, Anders ^d   Börjeson, Hans ^e   Lindeberg, Johan ^e   Morein, Bror ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Salmon Research Institute   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH; MICROORGANISM; SALMONID CULTURE;

BALTIC SEA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; BARTONELLA; HAFNIA ALVEI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTREFACIENS; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0033041259     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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37. Acknowledgements. The present project was sponsored by Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research, grant number, Dnr: 40. 0636/95 and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, grant number, Dnr: 802-116-96Fh. We thank Prof. Olle Ljungberg and Dr. Bertil Järplid, Dept. of Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences for their support.