The use of prevalence as a measure of lice burden: A case study of lepeophtheirus salmonis on Scottish Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., farms

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-25

  Baillie, M ^a   Lees, F ^a   Gettinby, G ^a   Revie, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Atlantic salmon; Negative binomial distribution; Prevalence; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPEPOD; FISH DISEASE; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SALMO SALAR; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 60549098643     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00998.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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