In vitro cultured Neoparamoeba perurans causes amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon and fulfils Koch's postulates

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 511-515

  Crosbie, P B B ^a   Bridle, A R ^a   Cadoret, K ^a   Nowak, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Aquaculture; Disease causation; Gill; Salmon

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AQUACULTURE; CLONE; ETIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTOZOAN; SALMONID;

AGAR MEDIUM; AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBIC GILL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CELL VIABILITY; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALT YEAST AGAR; NEOPARAMOEBA PERURANS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMO SALAR;

AUSTRALIA;

NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84861231525     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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