The use of polymerase chain reaction assay to diagnose proliferative gill disease in Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 394-398

  Whitaker, Julia W ^a   Pote, Linda M ^a   Khoo, Lester ^a   Shivaji, Renuka ^a   Hanson, Larry A ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; EVALUATION; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GILL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; ICTALURIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035462294     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300505     Document Type: Article

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