Development of skeletal deformities in a Streptococcus agalactiae- challenged male Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) broodfish and in its offspring

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 169-176

  Pasnik, D J ^a   Evans, J J ^a   Klesius, P H ^b  

^a AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 36749057873     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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