Streptococcosis in red hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) commercial farms in Malaysia

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 630-632

  Musa, Najiah ^a   Wei, Lee Seong ^a   Musa, Nadirah ^a   Hamdan, Ruhil H ^a   Leong, Lee Kok ^b   Wee, Wendy ^a   Amal, Mohd Nur ^a   Kutty, Basiriah M ^a   Abdullah, Siti Zahrah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^b Genensis Biotechnology Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^c Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Commercial farms; Malaysia; Red hybrid tilapia; Streptococcosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CICHLID; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FISH CULTURE; HYBRID;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 62349116056     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02142.x     Document Type: Article

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