Comparison of Production Traits of NWAC103 Channel Catfish, NWAC103 Channel Catfish × Blue Catfish Hybrids, Kansas Select 21 Channel Catfish, and Blue Catfish Grown at Commercial Densities and Exposed to Natural Bacterial Epizootics

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