3.1. Laboratory infection and the effect of water
temperature on post-infection disease onset (experiment 1)
The mortality rates of each exposed oyster group kept
at the seven constant water temperatures (ranging from
13 °C to 31 °C) were all below 6.7% after infection with
the suspension of minced adductors from diseased pearl
oysters; each group had a high survival rate. The control
group, which was not infected