Emergence of epizootic ulcerative syndrome in native fish of the murray-darling river system, Australia: Hosts, distribution and possible vectors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Boys, Craig A ^a   Rowland, Stuart J ^a   Gabor, Melinda ^b   Gabor, Les ^b,d   Marsh, Ian B ^b   Hum, Steven ^b   Callinan, Richard B ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Novartis Animal Health Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES INVADANS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIZOOTIC ULCERATIVE SYNDROME; FISH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEIOPOTHERAPON UNICOLOR; MACCULLOCHELLA PEELII; MACQUARIA AMBIGUA; NEMATALOSA EREBI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; INFECTION; OOMYCETES; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; ULCER;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE VECTORS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SYNDROME; ULCER;

EID: 84866150864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035568     Document Type: Article

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