First cases of amoebic gill disease (AGD) in Norwegian seawater farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., and phylogeny of the causative amoeba using 18S cDNA sequences

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-214

  Steinum, T ^a   Kvellestad, A ^a   Ronneberg L B ^b   Nilsen, H ^a   Asheim, A ^c   Fjell, K ^d   Nygard S M R ^e   Olsen, A B ^a   Dale, O B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Fiske Liv A/S   (Norway)

^c AkvaVet Gulen AS   (Norway)

^d Bioserve A/S   (Norway)

^e Fish Health and Environment Company   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Aquaculture; Atlantic salmon; Gill pathology; Neoparamoeba perurans; Paramoeba

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETICS; GILL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCODINA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; GILLS; LOBOSEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALMO SALAR; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

NEOPARAMOEBA; PARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 38849201115     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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