Acute columnaris infection in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque): Efficacy of practical treatments for warmwater aquaculture ponds

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Thomas Jinu, S ^a   Goodwin, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Channel catfish; Columnaris; Copper; Flavobacterium columnare; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMINE-T; COPPER SULFATE; ORMETOPRIM; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUACULTURE; DISEASE; FISH CULTURE; MORTALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; CATFISHES; CHLORAMINES; COPPER SULFATE; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; PYRIMIDINES; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TOSYL COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1242276681     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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