Experimental Transmission of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus from the Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis, to Cohabitating Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Smolts

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Molloy, Sally D., Pietrak, Michael R., Bricknell, Ian, Bouchard, Deborah A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01142-13; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.01142-13

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