Mycobacterial infection in farmed turbot Scophthalmus maximus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-91

  Dos Santos, N M S ^a,b   Do Vale, A ^a   Sousa, M J ^c   Silva, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Novartis Animal Vaccines Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fish pathology; Granulomas; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium chelonae; Mycobacterium marinum; Nocardia; Scophthalmus maximus; Turbot

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FISH CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA SP.; PISCES; SCOPHTHALMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0037038713     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao052087     Document Type: Article

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