Parasite host relations: Hexamita salmonis in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-231

  Uldal, A ^a   Buchmann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body weight reduction; Diplomonadida; Hexamita salmonis; Host size; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; Site selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000316472     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao025229     Document Type: Article

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