Endoparasitic helminths of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla, from four disconnected meanders from the rivers Leie and Scheldt in western Flanders, Belgium

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-18

  Schabuss, Michael ^a   Konecny, Robert ^a   Belpaire, Claude ^b   Schiemer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Anguillicola crassus; Belgium; Bothriocephalus claviceps; Camallanus lacustris; European eel; parasite community; Proteocephalus macrocephalus

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EEL; FISH DISEASE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031009097     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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