Project number:
1993-128
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$185,920.40
Principal Investigator:
Jeremy Carson
Organisation:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE TAS)
Project start/end date:
26 Jul 1993
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30 Oct 1999
Contact:
FRDC
1. Develop molecular probes for endemic strains of Aeromonas salmonicida, Enterococcus seriolicida, Flexibacter maritimus and Yersinia ruckeri
2. Develop methodologies using molecular probes for the rapid identification of bacterial fish pathogens recovered by conventional culture techniques
3. Develop procedures for testing fish by molecular probes for the presence of bacterial fish pathogens
4. Formulate the development test procedures for transfer to, and adoption by, veterinary giagnostic and research laboratories.
