Experimental and natural host specificity of Loma salmonae (Microsporidia)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-136

  Shaw, R W ^a,b   Kent, M L ^b   Brown, A M V ^c   Whipps, C M ^b   Adamson, M L ^c  

^a Pacific Biological Station ^*  (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Host specificity; Loma salmonae; Microsporidia; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DISEASE DETECTION; FISH; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GILL DISEASE; HOST SPECIFICITY; LITERATURE; PARASITE; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFICITY; WILD RELATIVE;

HOST SPECIFICITY; PATHOGEN; SALMONID;

FONTINALIS; LOMA SALMONAE; MICROSPORIDIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS ALPINUS SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0034646284     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao040131     Document Type: Article

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