The salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Caligidae) as a vector of Aeromonas salmonicida
The sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, has been hypothesized to be a vector of fish pathogens and previous studies have isolated viral and bacterial pathogens from L. salmonis parasitizing farmed salmon. To examine the potential transmission of A. salmonicida by preadult and adult L. salmonis via p...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44770 |