Aphanomyces astaci in wild crayfish populations in slovenia: First report of persistent infection in a stone crayfish austropotamobius torrentium population

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-169

  Kušar, Darja ^a   Vrezec, Al ^b   Ocepek, Matjaž ^a   Jenčič, Vlasta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius torrentium; Crayfish plague; Group A (genotype as); Indigenous species; Invasive species; Latent infection; Pacifastacus leniusculus; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; CRAYFISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; APHANOMYCES; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOVENIA;

ANIMALS; APHANOMYCES; ASTACOIDEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; SLOVENIA;

SLOVENIA;

APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS; ASTACUS ASTACUS; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS TORRENTIUM; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS;

EID: 84875490895     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02567     Document Type: Article

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