First report on the occurrence of an actinosporean stage (Myxozoa) in oligochaetes from Spanish freshwaters

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-441

  Szekely Cs ^a   Sitjà Bobadilla, Ariadna ^b   Alvarez Pellitero, Pilar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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

Author keywords

Actinosporea; Aurantiactinospore; Branchiura sowerbyi; First report; Myxozoa; Oligochaete

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYXIDA; AURANTIACTINOMYXON; BRANCHIURA SOWERBYI; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; OLIGOCHAETA; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPAIN; SPORES;

EID: 0034574243     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/004.48.2000.4.6     Document Type: Article

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