Evaluation of a nondestructive diagnostic test for Kudoa thyrsites in farmed atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Aquaculture

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 139-144

  St Hilaire, Sophie ^a,b   Ribble, Carl ^a   Whitaker, David J ^b   Kent, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Diagnostic test; Kudoa thyrsites

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DETECTION; PARASITIC DISEASE;

KUDOA THYRSITES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0343906843     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00081-1     Document Type: Article

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