Estimated prevalence of Aerococcus viridans and Anophryoides haemophila in American lobsters Homarus americanus freshly captured in the waters of Prince Edward Island, Canada

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-236

  Lavallee J ^a   Hammell, K L ^a   Spangler, E S ^a   Cawthorn, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Bumper car' disease; Aerococcus viridans; Anophryoides haemophila; Disease; Gaffkemia; Homarus americanus; Lobster

Indexed keywords

BUMPER CAR DISEASE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DETECTION; GAFFKEMIA; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONALITY; WILD RELATIVE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; LOBSTER;

CANADA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND;

AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANOPHRYOIDES HAEMOPHILA; DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 0035828730     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao046231     Document Type: Article

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