Evaluation of histopathology, real-time PCR and virus isolation for diagnosis of infectious salmon anaemia in Norwegian salmon using latent class analysis

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 529-532

  Abayneh, T ^a   Toft, N ^b   Mikalsen, A B ^c   Brun, E ^d   Sandberg, M ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test evaluation; Infectious salmon anaemia; Latent class analysis; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALMON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; ISAVIRUS; NORWAY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953975446     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2010.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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