Efficacy of chloramine-T as a treatment for amoebic gill disease (AGD) in marine Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1448-1456

  Harris, James O ^a,b   Powell, Mark D ^a   Attard, Michael ^a   Green, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Atlantic salmon; Chloramine T; Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis; Sea cages

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; SALMONID CULTURE;

NEOPARAMOEBA; NEOPARAMOEBA PEMAQUIDENSIS; SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 10844251229     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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