Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy of Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) farmed in fresh water in Greece

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 361-365

  Athanassopoulou, F ^a   Billinis, C ^a   Psychas, V ^b   Karipoglou, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EPIRUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Fresh water; Greece; Nodavirus; Retinopathy; Sea bass

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; VIRUS RNA;

AQUACULTURE; DISEASE; FISH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GREECE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NODAVIRUS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SPINAL CORD; VIRAL EYE INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; FRESH WATER; GREECE; NODAVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SPINAL CORD;

GREECE;

ANIMALIA; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; NODAVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0037625371     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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