Positive genetic correlation between resistance to bacterial (furunculosis) and viral (infectious salmon anaemia) diseases in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Aquaculture

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 173-177

  Ødegård, Jørgen ^a,b   Olesen, Ingrid ^b   Gjerde, Bjarne ^b   Klemetsdal, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Challenge testing; Disease resistance; Fish breeding; Furunculosis; Genetic analysis; Infectious salmon anaemia; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; SALMONID; VIRAL DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMO SALAR;

EID: 34548223064     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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