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First isolation of virulent <i>Tenacibaculum maritimum</i> strains from diseased orbicular batfish ( <i>Platax orbicularis</i> ) farmed in Tahiti Island
2021-03-15
Abstract excerpt
The orbicular batfish ( Platax orbicularis ), also called ‘Paraha peue’ in Tahitian, is the most important marine fish species reared in French Polynesia. Sudden and widespread outbreaks of severe ‘white-patch disease’ have occurred since 2011 in batfish farms one to three weeks after the transfer of juveniles from bio-secured hatcheries to lagoon cages. With cumulative mortality ranging from 20 to 90%, the susta...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4c633dbf-3487-5019-8eef-5bfeea0c4fb8
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.03.15.435441
