Mode of the intra-ovum infection of Flavobacterium psychrophilum in salmonid eggs

Fish Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Kumagai, Akira ^a   Nawata, Akatsuki ^a  

^a Miyagi Prefecture Fisheries Technology Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial cold water disease; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Intra ovum infection; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout fry syndrome; Salmonid egg

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77953269968     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.45.31     Document Type: Article

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