Project number:
1995-060
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$247,373.00
Principal Investigator:
Mark S. Crane
Organisation:
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
Project start/end date:
20 Nov 1995
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28 Sep 2000
Contact:
FRDC
1. Undertake molecular characterisation of a range of exotic and endemic A.salmonicida subspecies including correlation with biochemical, serological and pathogenic features.
2. Identify genus -, species - and subspecies-specific properties such as nucleotide sequences with potential for diagnostic use.
3. Develop diagnostic procedures using molecular technology.
4. Validation of molecular diagnostic procedures using experimental infections carried out in the microbiologically secure aquarium facility at AAHL.
5. Preliminary survey of wild and farmed papulations of fish and shellfish in S.E. Australia in collaboration with NSW, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria
Final report
ISBN:
0643066225
Author:
Helen K. Byers
Nicholas Gudkovs
Mark S. Crane
