The african monogenean gyrodactylid genus Macrogyrodactylus Malmberg, 1957, and the reporting of three species of the genus on Clarias gariepinus in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-231

  Khalil, L F ^a   Mashego, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Macrogyrodactylus; Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; GYRODACTYLIDAE; MACROGYRODACTYLUS; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CLARII; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CONGOLENSIS; MACROGYRODACTYLUS POLYPTERI; MONOGENEA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GILL; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GILLS; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032248141     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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