Seasonal epizootics of sea lice, Caligus spp., on southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii (Castelnau), in a long-term farming trial

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-106

  Hayward, C J ^a,c   Bott, N J ^b,d   Nowak, B F ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Aquafin Cooperative Research Centre Henley Beach   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caligids; Epizootic; Parasite; Sea lice; Southern bluefin tuna; Thunnus maccoyii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPEPOD; EPIDEMIC; FISH DISEASE; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEA; SEASON; TUNA;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TUNA;

CALIGIDAE; CALIGUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 60549110872     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.01010.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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