A Piscirickettsiosis-like syndrome in cultured Nile tilapia in Latin America with Francisella spp. as the pathogenic agent

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-34

  Mauel, M J ^a   Soto, E ^a,b   Moralis, J A ^b   Hawke, J ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; FRANCISELLA; GILL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; PISCIRICKETTSIOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPLEEN; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISH DISEASES; FRANCISELLA; GILLS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SPLEEN; TILAPIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA; HAEMULIDAE; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PARAPRISTIPOMA TRILINEATUM; TILAPIA;

EID: 34249688563     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H06-025.1     Document Type: Article

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