Trichodinid ectoparasites (Ciliophora: Peritrichida) of some River Nile fish, Egypt

Parasitology International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-137

  Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^a   Ali, Mohammed A ^b   Sakran, Thabit ^c   Abdel Baki, Abdel Azeem ^c   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy A ^a,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^c BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Egypt; Fish ectoparasites; Nile River; Peritrichida; Trichodinid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIATE; ECTOPARASITE; EGYPT; FISH; GILL; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERITRICHIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TAXONOMY; TRICHODINA FAHAKA; TRICHODINA HETERODENTATA; TRICHODINELLA EPIZOOTICA; TRICHODINID; TRIPARTIELLA DACTYLODENTATA;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EGYPT; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; GILLS;

EID: 0034257102     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(00)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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