Mortality and recovery of runt white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) in a commercial farm in California, USA

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-281

  Georgiadis, M P ^a   Hedrick, R P ^a   Johnson, W O ^a   Gardner, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial analysis; Mortality; Recovery; Runt; White sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FISHES; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034728350     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00105-1     Document Type: Article

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