Development of an in vivo assay to assess attachment of Neoparamoeba sp. (an amphizoic gymnamoeba) to the gills of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Crosbie, P B B ^a   Adams, M B ^a   Attard, M G ^a   Nowak, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Atlantic salmon; Attachment; Gill pathology; In vivo assay; Neoparamoeba sp.

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; FISH DISEASE; GILL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SARCODINA; VIBRIO;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; LOBOSEA; OXOLINIC ACID; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMO SALAR; VIBRIO;

GYMNAMOEBIA; NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33847712122     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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