Whole clam culture as a quantitative diagnostic procedure of Perkinsus atlanticus (Apicomplexa, Perkinsea) in clams Ruditapes decussatus

Aquaculture

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 325-332

  Almeida, Manuela ^a,b   Berthe, Franck ^a   Thébault, Anne ^a   Dinis, Maria Teresa ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clams; Diagnosis; Perkinsus atlanticus; Ruditapes decussatus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; INCUBATION; INFECTIVITY; IODINE; LYSIS; PARASITISM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STAINING; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

PERKINSUS ATLANTICUS; RUDITAPES DECUSSATUS;

EID: 0033168549     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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