Infectivity of a rickettsia isolated from coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch

Two species of salmonids were tested for their susceptibility to infection by a rickettsia isolated in cell culture from diseased Oncorhynchus kisutch in Chile. Mortality approached 100% in coho and Atlantic salmon Salmo salar injected with 10-fold dilutions of cell culture medium containing the ric...

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Published in:Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Main Authors: Garces, Larenas, J., Smith, Pamela, Sandino, Lannan, Fryer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1991
Subjects:
Ecology
Evolution
Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3354/dao011093
https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/159652
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Summary:Two species of salmonids were tested for their susceptibility to infection by a rickettsia isolated in cell culture from diseased Oncorhynchus kisutch in Chile. Mortality approached 100% in coho and Atlantic salmon Salmo salar injected with 10-fold dilutions of cell culture medium containing the rickettsia. -from Authors

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