Effects of whirling disease on selected hematological parameters in rainbow trout

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 375-378

  Densmore, C L ^a   Blazer, V S ^a   Waldrop, T B ^b   Pooler, P S ^a  

^a LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; Lymphopenia; Myxobolus cerebralis; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; Salmonid; Whirling disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYKISS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TRIACTINOMYXON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; RAINBOW TROUT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FISH DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035320717     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.2.375     Document Type: Article

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