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A "virus" disease of chinook salmon

A. J. Ross·R.R. Rucker
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Abstract

Epizootics among chinook salmon fingerlings at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery have occurred periodically since 1941. A virus or virus-like filterable agent has been demonstrated to be the causative agent of this disease.

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A. J. Ross, R.R. Rucker. 1960. A "virus" disease of chinook salmon. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/81395

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