Systemic gregarine-like protozoa in juvenile Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg 1793)

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1177-1181

  Elston, Ralph A ^a   Frelier, Paul ^b   Cheney, Dan ^c  

^a Pacific Shellfish Institute   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific Shellfish Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bivalve mollusc; Gregarine like; Health management

Indexed keywords

INFECTIVITY; OYSTER CULTURE; PROTOZOA;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS;

EID: 0032422853     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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