Article
A survey of the health status of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum in Ireland with specific reference to brown ring disease
2010-08-01
Abstract excerpt
The present work investigated the health status of the Manila clam in Ireland, with particular reference to brown ring disease (BRD) caused by V. tapetis which has been responsible for high mortalities of this bivalve throughout Europe. BRD was diagnosed in Ireland in the 1990s, causing heavy mortalities in Manila clam stocks in the north-west coast. In the current study, samples of clams from an Irish hatchery we...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c24027d9-15af-5b15-9552-84c108dacb0c
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10499-009-9301-3
