Streptococcus agalactie associated to meningoencefalitis and systemic infection from tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Brazil;Streptococcus agalactiae associado à meningoencefalite e infecção sistêmica em tilápia-do-nilo (Oreochromis niloticus) no Brasil

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 678-680

  Figueiredo, H C P ^a   Carneiro, D O ^a   Faria, F C ^a   Costa, G M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Characterization; Streptococcus agalactiae; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 33750360284     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: 01020935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352006000400036     Document Type: Article

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