Estimating the cost of sea lice to salmon aquaculture in eastern Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-56

  Mustafa, Ahmed ^a   Rankaduwa, Wimal ^a   Campbell, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRUSTACEA; ECONOMICS; FISH DISEASE; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; SALMON;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CANADA; CRUSTACEA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; SALMON;

EID: 0035226875     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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