Epizootic ulcerative syndrome caused by Aphanomyces invadans in captive bullseye snakehead Channa marulius collected from South Florida, USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Saylor, Ryan K ^a   Miller, Debra L ^b   Vandersea, Mark W ^c   Bevelhimer, Mark S ^d   Schofield, Pamela J ^e   Bennett, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome; Mycotic dermatitis; Mycotic myositis; Non native fish species; Oomycete; Water mold

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; LESION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY;

AUSTRALIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES INVADANS; CHANNA MARULIUS; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PISCES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APHANOMYCES; ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; FISH DISEASE; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; SKIN ULCER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; APHANOMYCES; DERMATITIS; FISH DISEASES; FLORIDA; INFECTION; PERCIFORMES; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 77951213770     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02158     Document Type: Article

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