Control of sea lice on farmed Atlantic salmon S. salar L. with the oral treatment Emamectin benzoate (SLICE)

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 375-380

  Treasurer, J W ^a,b   Wallace, C ^a   Dear, G ^a  

^a Blar Mhor Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

^b Seafish Aquaculture   (United Kingdom)

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