An opportunistic detection of amoebic gill disease in blue warehou, Seriolella brama Günther, collected from an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., production cage in south eastern Tasmania

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 713-717

  Adams, M B ^a   Villavedra, M ^b   Nowak, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AGD; Ectoparasite; Gill disease; Neoparamoeba; Seriolella brama; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; AUSTRALIA; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GILL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; GILLS; PERCIFORMES; SALMO SALAR; TASMANIA;

NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR; SERIOLELLA BRAMA;

EID: 49349083886     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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