Ranaviruses associated with high mortalities in catfish in France

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Bigarre L ^a   Cabon, J ^a   Baud, M ^a   Pozet, F ^b   Castric, J ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b Laboratoire Départemental d'Analyses du Jura   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIZOOTIC HAEMATOPOIETIC NECROSIS VIRUS; EUROPEAN CATFISH VIRUS;

EID: 51449094160     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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