Associations between epidermal thionin-positive cells and skin parasitic infections in brown trout Salmo trutta

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-139

  Sigh, Jens ^a   Buchmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gyrodactylus derjavini; Host response; Ichthyophthirius multifiliis; Mast cells; Parasites; Salmo trutta; Trout

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; EPIDERMIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAST CELL; PARASITIC INFECTION; THIONINE;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE;

CILIOPHORA; GYRODACTYLUS DERJAVINI; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIIS; MONOGENEA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0034686267     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao041135     Document Type: Article

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