A new look at the life-cycle of Hoferellus carassii in the goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) and its relation to "Kidney Enlargement Disease" (KED)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-187

  Trouillier, Alexander ^a   El Matbouli, Mansour ^a   Hoffmann, Rudolf W ^a  

^a Institute of Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinosporea; Aurantiactinomyxon; Hoferellus carassii; Myxosporea; Nais sp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000667994     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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