Vertebral deformities in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) - etiology and pathology

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-440

  Fjelldal, P G ^a   Hansen, T ^a   Breck, O ^b   Ornsrud R ^a   Lock, E J ^a   Waagbo R ^a   Wargelius, A ^a   Eckhard Witten, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Marine Harvest Norway AS   (Norway)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84861307808     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2012.01980.x     Document Type: Review

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