A systemic iridoviral disease in mullet, Mugil cephalus L., and tiger grouper, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus Forsskal: A first report and study

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 693-699

  Gibson Kueh, S ^a   Ngoh Lim, G H ^a   Netto, P ^b   Kurita, J ^c   Nakajima, K ^d   Ng, M L ^b  

^a AgriFood and Vet Auth of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Iridovirus; Mullet; Polymerase chain reaction; Singapore; Tiger grouper

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; FISH CULTURE; GENETICS; MARICULTURE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IRIDOVIRUS; KIDNEY; PERCIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEGMAMORPHA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AQUACULTURE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IRIDOVIRIDAE; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERCIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS FUSCOGUTTATUS; GROUPER IRIDOVIRUS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; IRIDOVIRUS; LATES; LATES CALCARIFER; MUGIL; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MYCTEROPERCA TIGRIS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; RED SEA BREAM IRIDOVIRUS;

EID: 11144232971     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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