An epizootic of Caligus chiastos on farmed southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii off South Australia

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-63

  Hayward, Craig J ^a,b   Aiken, Hamish M ^a   Nowak, Barbara F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caligids; Copepoda; Epidemiology; Parasite; Sea lice; Southern bluefin tuna; Thunnus maccoyii

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPEPOD; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISEASE; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EYE DISEASES; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; LICE INFESTATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATURE; TUNA;

INDIAN OCEAN; SPENCER GULF;

CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS; COPEPODA; ELASMOBRANCHII; PHTHIRAPTERA; SCOMBRIDAE; TELEOSTEI; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 42249096774     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01890     Document Type: Article

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