Effect of the number of infected fish and acute exposure period on the horizontal transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia) in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Aquaculture

Volumn 244, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Becker, Joy A ^a   Speare, David J ^a   Dohoo, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohabitation challenge; Infection dose; Loma salmonae; Microsporidia; Rainbow trout; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; SALMONID CULTURE;

LOMA SALMONAE; MICROSPORIDIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 12744261591     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.09.040     Document Type: Article

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