Colonization of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), eggs by Flavobacterium psychrophilum, the causative agent of rainbow trout fry syndrome

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Vatsos, I N ^a   Thompson, K D ^b   Adams, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Eggs; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Immunofluorescent antibody technique; Rainbow trout; Rainbow trout fry syndrome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; EGG PRODUCTION; FISH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; RAINBOW TROUT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OVUM;

FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 33745713701     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2006.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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