Effects of fish age versus size on the development of whirling disease in rainbow trout

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Ryce, Eileen K N ^a   Zale, Alexander V ^a   MacConnell, Elizabeth ^b   Nelson, Mark ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Myxobolus cerebralis; Rainbow trout; Resistance; Size; Whirling disease

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SALMONID;

MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; ZALE;

EID: 13944273772     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao063069     Document Type: Article

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