The development of a fluorescent antibody stain to identify a Uronema sp. (Ciliophora: scuticociliatida) implicated in fatal encephalitis in southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 104-108

  Watts, M ^a   Burke, C M ^a   Munday, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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