Acid-fast bacterial infection and its control in guppies (Lebistes reticulatus) reared on an ornamental fish farm in Venezuela

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 177-178

  Conroy, G ^a   Conroy, D A ^b  

^a U Diagnostico Asesoria Tec P   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; EMBRYO; EYE DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FISH DISEASE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MESENTERY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SPINE DISEASE; SPLEEN; VENEZUELA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEBISTES; LEBISTES RETICULATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0033550752     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.7.177     Document Type: Article

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