Utility of genetically based health indicators for selection purposes in captive-reared chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Walbaum

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1029-1036

  Johnson, Rachel M ^a   Bryden, Colleen A ^b   Heath, Daniel D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial kidney disease; Growth; Health Assessment Index; Heritability; Lysozyme; Necropsy

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DETECTION METHOD; FISH CULTURE; HEALTH STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONID; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; RENIBACTERIUM SALMONINARUM; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0141836177     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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