Farm-level economic impacts of bolbophorus infections of channel catfish

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Wise, David J ^a   Hanson, Terrill R ^a,b   Tucker, Craig S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLBOPHORUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 59449098478     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/A07-089.1     Document Type: Article

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