Ceratomyxa sparusaurati (Protozoa: Myxosporea) infections in cultured gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata (Pisces: Teleostei) from Spain: Aspects of the host-parasite relationship

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-548

  Palenzuela, Oswaldo ^a   Sitjà Bobadilla, Ariadna ^a   Álvarez Pellitero, Pilar ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PERCIFORMES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; CERATOMYXA SPARUSAURATI; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; MYXOSPOREA; PISCES; PROTOZOA; SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0030905251     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050295     Document Type: Article

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