Characterisation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, the causative agent of rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS), using rabbit serum

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 354-365

  Faruk, Md Ali Reza ^a   Campbell, Ruth E ^a   Thompson, K D ^a   Rangdale, Rachael E ^b   Richards, Randolph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

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