Preliminary success using hydrogen peroxide to treat Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., affected with experimentally induced amoebic gill disease (AGD)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 839-848

  Adams, M B ^a   Crosbie, P B B ^a   Nowak, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Gills; Hyperplasia; Neoparamoeba; Parasite; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SEA WATER;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; DRUG EFFECT; FISH DISEASE; GILL; IMMERSION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMERSION; SALMO SALAR; SEAWATER;

NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84867643426     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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