An epizootic and its decline of a blood fluke, Cardicola forsteri, in farmed southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii

Aquaculture

Volumn 254, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Aiken, H M ^a   Hayward, C J ^a   Nowak, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Condition Index; Digenea; Epidemiology; Sanguinicolidae; Thunnus maccoyii

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; PARASITE; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CARDICOLA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); SANGUINICOLIDAE; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS MACCOYII; TREMATODA;

EID: 33646136222     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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