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Mass mortality among minnows Phoxinus phoxinus (L.) in Lake Tveitevatn, Norway, due to an aberrant strain of Aeromonas salmonicida
Author(s) -
HÅSTEIN T.,
SALTVEIT S. JAKOB,
ROBERTS R. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.1978.tb00026.x
Subject(s) - phoxinus , aeromonas salmonicida , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , strain (injury) , aeromonas , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , fishery , aquatic animal , cyprinidae , bacteria , anatomy , genetics
. Mass morality in minnows Phoxinus phoxinus (L) was investigated in the Vinje water system, southern‐central Norway. The main clinical feature was the development of extensive haemorrhagic skin lesions from which was isolated a non‐pigmented, fish‐pathogenic strain of Aeromonas salmonicida.