Caribbean reef fish mortality associated with Streptococcus iniae

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 662-664

  Ferguson, H W ^a   St John, V S ^b   Roach, C J ^b   Willoughby, S ^c   Parker, C ^c   Ryan, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pine   (Barbados)

^c Fisheries Division   (Barbados)

^d Fisheries Division Ministry of Agriculture Lands and Fisheries   (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; EPIDEMIC; FISH; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISHES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034597999     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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