| Piscirickettsia salmonis, the causative agent of Salmonid rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) is an economically important disease of sea-pen reared salmonids in southern Chile. It is a newly described organism whose immunogenicity in salmonids is poorly understood. To compare the susceptibility of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), goldfish (Carassius auratus) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to P. salmonis, groups of 25 fish weighing approximately 10 g each were challenged with 0.1 ml of 10... |
