High-density rearing of white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus (Richardson) induces white sturgeon iridovirus disease among asymptomatic carriers

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 824-827

  Drennan, John D ^a   Ireland, Sue ^b   E LaPatra, Scott ^c   Grabowski, Leslie ^a   Carrothers, Tarita K ^a   Cain, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Kootenai Tribe of Idaho   (United States)

^c CLEAR SPRINGS FOODS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Stress; White sturgeon; White sturgeon iridovirus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; STOCKING DENSITY;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; IRIDOVIRUS;

EID: 19944423411     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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