No evidence for the presence of Flavobacterium psychrophilum within ayu eggs

Fish Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Kumagai, Akira ^a,b   Nakayasu, Chihaya ^a   Oseko, Norihisa ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Pref Freshw Fish Exp Stn   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial coldwater disease; BCWD; Disinfection of eggs; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Intra ovum infection; Plecoglossus altivelis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 16244374628     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.39.183     Document Type: Article

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