Polymerase chain reaction and indirect fluorescent antibody technique for the detection of Kudoa amamiensis (Multivalvulida: Myxozoa) in yellowtail seriola quinqueradiata

Fish Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Daisuke ^a   Sugiyama, Akihiro ^b   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Detection; IFAT; Kudoa amamiensis; Myxozoa; PCR; Seriola quinqueradiata; Yellowtail

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034404341     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.35.157     Document Type: Article

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