Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis: Natural Occurrence in Pacific Salmon and Experimental Transmission

A necrotic disease of erythrocytes of chum (Oncorhynchus keta) and pink (O. gorbuscha) salmon is described at the light and electron microscopic level. The disease is characterized by a single cytoplasmic inclusion in affected erythrocytes and by the presence of an associated intraerytnrocytic virus...

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Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Authors: Evelyn, T. P. T., Traxler, G. S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1978
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f78-145
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