Reduced total hardness of fresh water enhances the efficacy of bathing as a treatment for amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 591-599

  Roberts, S D ^a   Powell, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Atlantic salmon; Freshwater bathing; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FRESH WATER;

DISEASE TREATMENT; HARDNESS; PARASITIC DISEASE; SALMONID CULTURE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BATH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GILL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCODINA;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BATHS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FISH DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRESH WATER; GILLS; LOBOSEA; SALMO SALAR;

ANIMALIA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SARCODINA;

EID: 0345359185     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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