Clinical assessment of chloramine-T and freshwater as treatments for the control of gill amoebae in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 776-784

  Harris, James O ^a,b,d   Powell, Mark D ^a,b   Attard, Michael G ^a,b   DeHayr, Luke ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Aquafin Cooperative Research Centre Henley Beach   (Australia)

^c Nortas Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Clayton Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Atlantic salmon; Chloramine T; Gills; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; SALMONID;

NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 19944372385     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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