Assessing the accuracy of a polymerase chain reaction test for Ichthyophonus hoferi in Yukon River Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Whipps, Christopher M ^a   Burton, Tamara ^b   Watral, Virginia G ^a   St Hilaire, Sophie ^c   Kent, Michael L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Chinook salmon; Ichthyophonus hoferi; Mesomycetozoea; Polymerase chain reaction; Small subunit ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONID;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMOCYSTIDIUM SALMONIS; ICHTHYOPHONUS HOFERI; ICHTHYOSPOREA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCES; PROTISTA; SPHAEROTHECUM DESTRUENS;

EID: 33644623277     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao068141     Document Type: Article

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