Investigation of wild caught whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), for infection with viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) and experimental challenge of whitefish with VHSV

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 401-408

  Skall, H F ^a   Kjaer T E ^a   Olesen, N J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carriers; Coregonus lavaretus; Experimental infection; Mortality; VHSV; Wild fish

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; MORTALITY; SAMPLING; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; IMMERSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; SALMONID; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; DENMARK; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA, VIRAL; IMMERSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; NOVIRHABDOVIRUS; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALIA; COREGONUS; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 3142718323     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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