Heterobothrium infection of cultured tiger puffer, Takifugu rubripes - A field observation

Fish Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Ogawa, Kazuo ^a   Inouye, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood parameter; Heterobothrium okamotoi; Life cycle; Monogenea; Seasonal fluctuation; Takifugu rubripes; Tiger puffer

Indexed keywords

HETEROBOTHRIUM; MONOGENEA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 0031522652     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.32.15     Document Type: Article

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