Preliminary Assessment of the Tolerance and Efficacy of Florfenicol against Edwardsiella ictaluri Administered in Feed to Channel Catfish

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-247

  Gaunt, P ^a   Endris, R ^b   Khoo, L ^a,d   Leard, A T ^a,e   Jack, S ^a   Santucci, T ^a   Katz, T ^b,f   Radecki, S V ^c   Simmons, R ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^f PRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATFISH; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 1442314285     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H03-022     Document Type: Article

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