Water recirculation and good management: Potential methods to avoid disease outbreaks with Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 799-810

  Madsen, L ^a   Dalsgaard, I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bore hole water recirculation; Control; Egg disinfection; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Rainbow trout hatchery; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OVUM; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 54749111863     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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