Natural outbreak of Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) infection in wild giant Queensland grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch), and other wild fish in northern Queensland, Australia

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-186

  Bowater, R O ^a   Forbes Faulkner, J ^a   Anderson, I G ^a   Condon, K ^a   Robinson, B ^a   Kong, F ^b   Gilbert, G L ^b   Reynolds, A ^c   Hyland, S ^c   Mcpherson, G ^d   Brien, J O ^e   Blyde, D ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE

^f Sea World   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epinephelus lanceolatus; Fish; Pathology; Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus)

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENOTYPE; QUEENSLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

APTYCHOTREMA ROSTRATA; ARIIDAE; ARIUS; DASYATIDAE; DASYATIS FLUVIORUM; EPINEPHELINAE; HIMANTURA GRANULATA; POMADASYS KAAKAN; PROMICROPS LANCEOLATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84856997879     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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