Timing and quantifying Aphanomyces astaci sporulation from the noble crayfish suffering from the crayfish plague

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 750-755

  Makkonen, J ^a   Strand, D A ^b,c   Kokko, H ^a   Vralstad T ^b,c   Jussila, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Astacus astacus; Moribund crayfish; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PSI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CRAYFISH PLAGUE; DYING; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENOTYPE; MICROZOOSPORE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPOROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APHANOMYCES; ASTACOIDEA; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 84872494710     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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