Self-limiting outbreak of crayfish plague in an austropotamobius pallipes population of a river basin in the abruzzi region (central Italy)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Caprioli, Riccardo ^a   Cargini, Daniele ^a   Marcacci, Maurilia ^a   Cammà, Cesare ^a   Giansante, Carla ^a   Ferri, Nicola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphanomyces astaci; Molecular detection; Whiteclawed crayfish

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW VELOCITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RIVER BASIN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ITALY; OOMYCETES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ITALY; OOMYCETES; RIVERS;

ABRUZZI; ITALY;

APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES;

EID: 84875514573     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02571     Document Type: Article

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