Glomerular disease associated with Polysporoplasma sparis (Myxozoa) infections in cultured gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata L. (Pisces: Teleostei)

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-256

  Palenzuela, O ^a   Alvarez Pellitero P ^a   Sitja Bobadilla A ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Epidemiology; Gilthead sea bream; Histopathology; Myxozoa; Polysporoplasma sparis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EOSINOPHIL; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PERCIFORMES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS;

EID: 0032989339     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003758     Document Type: Article

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