Evaluation of the link between gyrodactylosis and streptococcosis of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Xu, D H ^a   Shoemaker, C A ^a   Klesius, P H ^a  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent infection; Gyrodactylus; Immersion; Mortality; Nile tilapia; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CICHLID; FISH DISEASE; GILL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TIME FACTORS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GYRODACTYLUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 33947651713     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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