Modes of transmission of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-156

  Shaw, R W ^a,b   Kent, M L ^b   Adamson, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loma salmonae; Microsporidia; Transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MONITORING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GILL DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; SPOROPLASM;

CAGE CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH; GILL DISEASE; PARASITE;

LOMA SALMONAE; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 0032546881     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao033151     Document Type: Article

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