The relationship between flesh quality and numbers of Kudoa thyrsites plasmodia and spores in farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 451-459

  Dawson Coates, J A ^a,d   Chase, J C ^b   Funk, V ^c   Booy, M H ^b   Haines, L R ^b   Falkenberg, C L ^a   Whitaker, D J ^a   Olafson, R W ^b   Pearson, T W ^b  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Aqua Vision Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fillet quality; Kudoa thyrsites; Myxosporea; Plasmodia; Salmo salar; Soft flesh; Spores

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; FUNGAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; FISH DISEASE; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; PROTOZOON; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FISH DISEASES; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; MEAT; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMO SALAR; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

ANIMALIA; KUDOA; KUDOA THYRSITES; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; THYRSITES;

EID: 0041989935     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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