A novel systemic granulomatous inflammatory disease in farmed Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua L., associated with a bacterium belonging to the genus Francisella

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 307-311

  Olsen, A B ^a   Mikalsen, J ^a   Rode, M ^b   Alfjorden, A ^c   Hoel, E ^d   Straum Lie, K ^a   Haldorsen, R ^a   Colquhoun, D J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Aqua Lab AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Atlantic cod; Disease; Francisella; Gadus morhua; Granuloma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

GADOID FISHERY; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CHEMISTRY; CHOROID; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRANCISELLA; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMA; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 33646676744     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2006.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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