Streptococcosis caused by Streptococcus iniae in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchys mykiss) in Iran: Biophysical characteristics and pathogenesis

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-106

  Soltani, M ^a   Jamshidi, Sh ^b   Sharifpour, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Iranian Institute of Philosophy   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 21344440991     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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