Francisella noatunensis subsp. noatunensis is the aetiological agent of visceral granulomatosis in wild Atlantic cod Gadus morhua

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-71

  Zerihun, Mulualem Adam ^a   Feist, Stephen W ^b   Bucke, David ^c   Olsen, A B ^a   Tandstad, Nora M ^a   Colquhoun, Duncan J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c 3b Roundhayes Close ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue; Francisella noatunensis; Francisellosis; Granulomatosis; Immunohistochemistry; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; ETIOLOGY; GADOID; GADOID FISHERY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CULTURE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FISH DISEASE; FRANCISELLA; GENETICS; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FRANCISELLA; GADUS MORHUA; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 79957584256     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02341     Document Type: Article

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