Intense infections with a variant of Myxobolus procerus (Myxosporea) in muscle of trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus) in Duluth Harbor, Lake Superior

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-11

  Cone, David ^a   Eurell, Thomas ^b   Axler, Richard ^c   Rau, Dan ^d   Beasley, Val ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Superior; Myxobolus procerus; Percopsis omiscomaycus; pollution

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUSCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MINNESOTA; MUSCLES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030974663     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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