Extrapallial abscesses associated with chronic bacterial infections in the intensively cultured juvenile Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Elston, Ralph A ^a   Frelier, Paul ^b   Cheney, Dan ^c  

^a Pacific Shellfish Institute   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific Shellfish Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bacterial infection; Bivalve mollusc; Extrapallial; Health management; Oyster

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GROWTH; PATHOGENESIS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OYSTER CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0033618606     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao037115     Document Type: Article

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