Ocular mycobacteriosis in a red-bellied piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri Kner

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-326

  Evely, M M ^a   Donahue, J M ^a   Sells, S F ^a   Loynachan, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exophthalmos; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium chelonae; Piranha; Pygocentrus nattereri

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; EYE; EYE DISEASE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; PYGOCENTRUS NATTERERI;

EID: 79952429671     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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