Lactococcus garvieae in fish: A review

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 177-198

  Vendrell, Daniel ^a   Balcázar, José Luis ^a   Ruiz Zarzuela, Imanol ^a   de Blas, Ignacio ^a   Gironés, Olivia ^a   Múzquiz, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish; Fish pathogen; Hemorrhagic septicemia; Lactococcus garvieae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; LINCOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; OXOLINIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LACTOCOCCOSIS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LACTOCOCCUS;

LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE;

EID: 33748425716     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2006.06.003     Document Type: Review

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