Efficacy of, and toxicity associated with, the use of levamisole in seawater to treat amoebic gill disease

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-6

  Munday, B L ^a   Zilberg, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0141425704     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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