Use of Antibiotics in Ornamental Fish Aquaculture

Use of Antibiotics in Ornamental Fish Aquaculture

1 This document is Circular 84, one of a series from the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: January 2003. Please visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2 Roy P.E. Yanong, Assistant Professor, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, Ruskin, Department of F...

Use of Antibiotics in Ornamental Fish Aquaculture1

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