An examination for the protozoan parasite, Perkinsus sp. in the pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii (Dunker) from the southern coast of Korea

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-32

  Park, Kyung Il ^a   Choi, Kwang Sik ^a   Jeong, Woo Geon ^b  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

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