A competitive-ELISA for the serodiagnosis of anguillicolosis in Japanese Eel, Anguilla japonica

Fish Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Inui, Takaya ^a   Ushikoshi, Ryoko ^a   Nogami, Sadao ^a   Hirose, Hitomi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Anguillicola crassus; Anguillicolosis; Competitive ELISA; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033448112     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.34.25     Document Type: Article

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