Determination of minimal concentration of Piscirickettsia salmonis in water columns to establish a fallowing period in salmon farms

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-266

  Olivares, J ^a   Marshall, S H ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b NBC Núcleo de Biotecnología Curauma ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacterial load; Fallowing period; Piscirickettsia salmonis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISCIRICKETTSIA SALMONIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FISH DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PISCIRICKETTSIA; PISCIRICKETTSIOSIS; SALMON; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHERIES; PISCIRICKETTSIA; PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALMON; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77952294346     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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