Environmental risk factors associated with amoebic gill disease in cultured salmon, Salmo salar L., smolts in Ireland

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 555-571

  Bermingham, M L ^a   Mulcahy, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Atlantic salmon; Ciliates; Environmental parameters; Neoparamoeba; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

AMMONIUM; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; SMOLT;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FISH DISEASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GILL; HISTOLOGY; IRELAND; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SARCODINA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TEMPERATURE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENT; FISH DISEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GILLS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IRELAND; LOBOSEA; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SALMO SALAR; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CILIOPHORA; NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 7444267983     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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