Outbreak of columnaris disease in tropical aquarium fish

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-24

  Decostere, A ^a   Haesebrouck, F ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRIFONATE; NEOMYCIN; NITRITE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033514066     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.1.23     Document Type: Article

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