Use of blood culture as a nonlethal method for isolating bacteria from fish

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 206-207

  Klinger, RuthEllen ^a,b   Francis Floyd, Ruth ^a,b   Riggs, Allen ^a   Reed, Peggy ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c All Florida Veterinary Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser sp.; Bacterial isolation; Blood culture; Cyprinus carpio; Koi; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPROSMA KAUENSIS; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES;

EID: 0642314063     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)034[0206:UOBCAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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