Characterisation of atypical Aeromonas salmonicida infection in Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus and European grayling Thymallus thymallus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-128

  Pylkkö, Päivi ^a,b   Pohjanvirta, Tarja ^a   Madetoja, Jari ^a,c   Pelkonen, Sinikka ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Atypical Aeromonas salmonicida; European grayling; Experimental challenge; Pathology; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

PATHOLOGY;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 26244445761     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao066121     Document Type: Article

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