Flavobacterium psychrophilum in Baltic salmon Salmo salar brood fish and their offspring

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-163

  Ekman, Elisabet ^a   Börjeson, Hans ^b   Johansson, Nils ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Forskarstigen   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic salmon; Brood fish; Eggs; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Milt; Ovarian fluid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM TRANSMISSION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SURFACE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE; TRANSMITTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; SALMO SALAR; SALMONID; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0344378199     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao037159     Document Type: Article

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