Detection of antibody response against Amyloodinium ocellatum (Brown, 1931) in serum of naturally infected European sea bass by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 104-108

  Cecchini, S ^a   Saroglia, M ^a   Terova, G ^a   Albanesi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b Novagriter SCRL   (Italy)

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