A comparison of epidemiological patterns of salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, infections on farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in Norway and Scotland

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 539-551

  Heuch, P A ^a   Revie, C W ^b   Gettinby, G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Norway; Salmo salar; Scotland

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SALMONID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPEPOD; INFESTATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; LARVA; NORWAY; SALMO SALAR; SCOTLAND; SEASONS;

NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0142027987     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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