Efficacy of fumagillin against haemorrhagic thelohanellosis caused by Thelohanellus hovorkai (Myxosporea: Myxozoa) in coloured carp, Cyprinus carpio L.

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-245

  Yokoyama, H ^a   Liyanage, Y S ^a   Sugai, A ^b   Wakabayashi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Niigata Pref Freshw Fish Exp S   (Japan)

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EID: 0032804265     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.1999.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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