Skin lesions in captive lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris (Carcharhinidae) associated with the monogenean Neodermophthirius harkemai price, 1963 (Microbothriidae)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-33

  Poynton, Sarah L ^a,b   Campbell, Terry W ^c,d   Palm, Harry W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarium; Captivity; Copper sulphate; Lemon shark; Lesions; Microbothriid; Monogenean; Treatments

Indexed keywords

LEMON SHARK; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITES; SKIN LESION; SKIN LESIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; ELASMOBRANCHII; MEGAPRION; MEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; MICROBOTHRIIDAE; MONOGENEA; NEGAPRION BREVIROSTRIS; NEODERMOPHTHIRIUS HARKEMAI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030729260     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao031029     Document Type: Article

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