Laboratory transmission studies of QPX disease in the northern quahog (=hard clam): Development of an infection procedure

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Dahl, Soren F ^a   Allam, Bassem ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Healing; In vitro; Inoculation; Mercenaria; Quahog Parasite Unknown

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 36649029315     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[383:LTSOQD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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