Response of American lobsters Homarus americanus to infection with a field isolate of Aerococcus viridans var. homari (gaffkemia): Survival and haematology

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-268

  Battison, A L ^a   Cawthorn, R J ^a   Horney, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerococcus viridans var. homari; Gaffkemia; Homarus americanus; Lobster

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LOBSTER; SURVIVAL;

AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA; HOMARUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER; NEPHROPIDAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 9944230532     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao061263     Document Type: Article

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