A longitudinal study of amoebic gill disease on a marine Atlantic salmon farm utilising a real-time PCR assay for the detection of Neoparamoeba perurans
Amoebic gill disease (AGD) is a proliferative gill disease of marine cultured Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, with the free-living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans being the primary aetiological agent. The increased incidence of AGD in recent years presents a significant challenge to the Atlantic salmon...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Inter-Research
2015-11-01
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Series: | Aquaculture Environment Interactions |
Online Access: | https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v7/n3/p239-251/ |