Kidney Disease in Juvenile Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) in the Margaree River
Bacterial kidney disease was presumptively identified in each of 25 hatchery-reared juvenile salmon (Salmo salar) but in only 2 of 235 wild juveniles in the Margaree River system. Apparently spread of disease from the hatchery to wild salmon in the river is very gradual.
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1969
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-247 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-247 |
| Summary: | Bacterial kidney disease was presumptively identified in each of 25 hatchery-reared juvenile salmon (Salmo salar) but in only 2 of 235 wild juveniles in the Margaree River system. Apparently spread of disease from the hatchery to wild salmon in the river is very gradual. |
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