Skeletal myopathy in juvenile barramundi, Lates calcarifer (Bloch), cultured in potassium-deficient saline groundwater

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 523-530

  Partridge, G J ^a,b   Creeper, J ^c  

^a Aquaculture Development Unit   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Biodiversity and Biosecurity Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barramundi; Chloride cell hyperplasia; Hypokalaemia; Muscle myopathy; Renal tubular necrosis; Saline groundwater

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SEA WATER;

AQUACULTURE; GROUNDWATER; MORALITY; PERCIFORM; POTASSIUM; SALINITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY TUBULE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY TUBULES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PERCIFORMES; POTASSIUM; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

LATES; LATES CALCARIFER; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 4644290844     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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