Microbial flora from the Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) infected murrel Channa striatus (Bloch, 1797) in Tirunelveli region

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Dhanaraj, Muthukrishnan ^a   Haniffa, Mohamed A K ^a   Muthu Ramakrishnan, Chidambaram ^a   Arun Singh, S Vijayakesava ^a  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Channa striatus; EUS; Microbial flora; Tirunelveli

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES INVADANS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHANNA MARULIUS MARULIUS; CHANNA STRIATA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SP.;

EID: 44449164359     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: 13036181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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