Husbandry stress exacerbates mycobacterial infections in adult zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 931-941

  Ramsay, J M ^a   Watral, V ^a   Schreck, C B ^a   Kent, M L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Diffuse infections; Husbandry stress; Mycobacteria; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; HYDROCORTISONE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DANIO RERIO; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM;

EID: 70350153038     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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