Laboratory transmission studies of QPX disease in the hard clam: Interactions between different host strains and pathogen isolates

Aquaculture

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 64-70

  Dahl, Soren F ^a   Perrigault, Mickael ^a   Allam, Bassem ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Mercenaria; Quahog Parasite Unknown; Susceptibility; Thraustochytrid; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

BIVALVIA; MERCENARIA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 47249127622     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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