Pathological and PCR detection of mycobacteriosis in pond-cultured Chinese soft shell turtles, Trionyx sinensis

Aquaculture

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-16

  Hsieh, C Y ^a   Chang, T C ^a   Shen, Y L ^a   Chang, C D ^a   Tu, C ^b   Tung, M C ^a   Chen, L C ^a   Tsai, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Animal Health Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese soft shell turtle; Heat shock protein 65 gene (hsp65); Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium marinum; Pathology; Trionyx sinensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND CULTURE; TURTLE;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PSEUDOSHOTTSII; MYCOBACTERIUM SHOTTSII; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33750525349     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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