Experimental infection of Flavobacterium psychrophilum in fins of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar revealed by scanning electron microscopy

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-84

  Martínez, Juan Luis ^a   Casado, Alín ^b   Enríquez, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD); Fin rays; Flavobacterium psychrophilum; Pathogenesis; Rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS); Salmonid; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; HATCHERY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SALMONID CULTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; LIMB; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EXTREMITIES; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 9944221075     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao059079     Document Type: Article

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