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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Aquaculture: exotic diseases and surveillance

J Brian Jones
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Investigation and Diagnostic Centres and Response
Ministry for Primary Industries
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Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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Email: brian.jones@mpi.govt.nz

Microbiology Australia 37(3) 124-125 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA16042
Published: 10 August 2016

Abstract

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing global industry. Half of all seafood is sourced from aquaculture and Australia is part of the trend. A major emerging threat to this industry is disease.


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