Efficacy of bithionol as an oral treatment for amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar (L.)

Aquaculture

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 15-22

  Florent, Renee L ^a   Becker, Joy A ^a   Powell, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease (AGD); Aquaculture; Bithionol; Neoparamoeba spp; Oral treatment; Protozoan parasite; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; MEDICINE; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SALMONID FISHERY; SMOLT;

NEOPARAMOEBA; PROTOZOA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 34547670695     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.04.082     Document Type: Article

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