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Report of the FAO Western Balkan Regional Seminar/Workshop on Aquatic Animal Health. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 19-21 May 2008.










FAO.Report of the FAO Western Balkan Regional Seminar/Workshop on Aquatic Animal Health. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 19-21 May 2008.FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report. No. 879. Rome, FAO. 2009. 25p.


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