Determination of florfenicol dose rate in feed for control of mortality in Nile tilapia infected with Streptococcus iniae

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-166

  Gaunt, Patricia S ^a   Endris, Richard ^b   McGinnis, Anissa ^a   Baumgartner, Wes ^a,c   Camus, Alvin ^a,d   Steadman, James ^a   Sweeney, Diane ^b   Sun, Fangshi ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLORFENICOL; THIAMPHENICOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FISH DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CICHLIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FISH DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THIAMPHENICOL;

EID: 79952202691     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H09-044.1     Document Type: Article

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