Epizootic ulcerative syndrome: Exotic fish disease threatens Africa's aquatic ecosystems

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huchzermeyer, Karl D A ^a,b   van der Waal, Benjamin C W ^c  

^a Sterkspruit Veterinary Clinic   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES INVADANS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; BREEDING; EPIDEMIC; EPIZOOTIC ULCERATIVE SYNDROME; FISHERY; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER FISH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HOST RANGE; INFECTION CONTROL; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PISCICULTURE; PREVALENCE; SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TISSUE NECROSIS; WATER QUALITY; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; ZOOSPORE; ANIMAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; FISH DISEASES; INFECTION; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY; ANIMAL DISEASE; FISH DISEASE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; APHANOMYCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; INFECTION; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892176217     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v83i1.204     Document Type: Article

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