Mass Mortality of Japanese Abalone Haliotis discus hannai Caused by Vibrio harveyi Infection

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-308

  Sawabe, Tomoo ^a   Inoue, Sahoko ^a   Fukui, Youhei ^a   Yoshie, Kaoru ^a   Nishihara, Yutaka ^b   Miura, Hiroki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Central Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ezo abalone; mass mortality; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011850921     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.300     Document Type: Article

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