Identification of Edwardsiella ictaluri from diseased freshwater catfish, Pangasius hypophthalmus (Sauvage), cultured in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 733-736

  Crumlish, M ^a   Dung, T T ^b   Turnbull, J F ^a   Ngoc, N T N ^b   Ferguson, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Edwardsiella ictaluri; Freshwater catfish; Pangasius hypophthalmus; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DISEASE;

EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; HYPOPHTHALMUS; PANGASIUS HYPOPHTHALMUS; SILURIDAE;

EID: 0036927439     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2002.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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