Disseminated granulomas associated with nematode larvae in a shortfin mako shark

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-100

  Borucinska, Joanna D ^a   Heger, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Dracunculoid like; Elasmobranch; Isurus oxyrinchus; Nematode larvae; Parasitic granulomas; Shortfin mako shark

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; DRACUNCULOIDEA; ISURUS; ISURUS OXYRINCHUS; NEMATODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; GRANULOMA; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SHARK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GRANULOMA; HEART; LARVA; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SHARKS;

EID: 0032618430     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.98     Document Type: Article

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