Abstract
Edwardsiella tarda, an enteric, gram-negative bacterium, causes gas-filled, malodorous lesions in muscle tissue of channel catfish. Incidence and epizootiology of the disease are presented.
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. 1973 Jan;25(1):155–156. doi: 10.1128/am.25.1.155-156.1973
Edwardsiella tarda, a New Pathogen of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
F P Meyer
a,1, G L Bullock
a,2
F P Meyer
aBureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Stuttgart, Arkansas 72160
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1
Fish Farming Experimental Station, Stuttgart, Ark.
2
Eastern Fish Disease Laboratory, Kearneysville, W. Va.
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