Virulence and antigenic characteristics of a cultured Rickettsiales-like organism isolated from farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in eastern Canada

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Jones, Simon R M ^a   Frederick Markham, R J ^b   Groman, David B ^b   Roland Cusack, R ^c  

^a Aqua Health Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c NSAC Mail Room   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antigens; Cell culture; Farmed salmon; Rickettsiales like organism

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANADA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUMEQUINE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENTAMICIN; INTRAPERITONEAL INOCULATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MORTALITY; OXOLINIC ACID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROTEINASE K; SALMON; SERUM; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINUS CARPIO; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS; RICKETTSIALES; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 7144262435     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao033025     Document Type: Article

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