Host susceptibility to Cryptocaryon sp. infection of Mediterranean marine broodfish held under intensive culture conditions: A case report

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-36

  Rigos, G ^a   Pavlidis, M ^a   Divanach, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

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