Real-time PCR detection of Moritella viscosa, the likely causal agent of winter-ulcer in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-109

  Grove, S ^a   Reitan, L J ^a   Lunder, T ^b   Colquhoun, D ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ScanVacc AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Moritella viscosa; Norway; Real time PCR; Salmonids; Winter ulcer

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; DETECTION METHOD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; ETIOLOGY; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SALMONID CULTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; FISH DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORITELLA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAINBOW TROUT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MORITELLA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMO SALAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORITELLA; MORITELLA VISCOSA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 57749199730     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01972     Document Type: Article

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