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Vaccine-associated systemic Rhodococcus erythropolis infection in farmed atlantic salmon Salmo salar.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 14 Sept 2006
Olsen A B, Birkbeck T H, Nilsen H K, MacPherson H L, Wangel C, Myklebust C, Laidler L A, Aarflot L, Thoen E, Nygård S, Thayumanavan T, Colquhoun D J
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In 7 instances between 2000 and 2003, clinical investigation of populations of fresh- and seawater-reared, vaccinated, Atlantic salmon Salmo salar suffering total losses of between 0.1 and 35 % revealed infection with a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. The isolations were geographically widespread, occurring in both Norway and Scotland. In all cases, a Gram-positive bacterium, subsequently identified as...
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