| occurrence of francisella piscicida in farmed and wild atlantic cod, gadus morhua l., in norway. | francisellosis, caused by the bacterium francisella piscicida, has become one of the most serious diseases in atlantic cod production in norway. the major aim of this study was to determine the distribution of f. piscicida in farmed and wild fish in areas with cod farming along the norwegian coast, and its occurrence in cod from areas without cod farming. two real-time pcr assays, targeting the 16s rrna gene and the fopa gene of f. piscicida, were developed since sensitive and specific diagnosti ... | 2008 | 18482383 |