Evaluation of a 4-h static copper sulphate treatment against experimental infection of Flavobacterium columnare in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 688-695

  Darwish, Ahmed M ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a   Straus, David L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel catfish; Columnaris; Copper sulphate; Flavobacterium columnare; Ictalurus puntatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; SULFATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE; ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 84859700724     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02876.x     Document Type: Article

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