Occurrence of myxosporean parasites in the gills of two tilapia species from Lake Nokoué (Bénin, West Africa): Effect of host size and sex, and seasonal patterns of infection

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-222

  Gbankoto, A ^a   Pampoulie, C ^b   Marques, A ^c   Sakiti, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Dép BEE cc96 Univ M   (France)

Author keywords

Lake Nokou ; M. beninensis; M. dossoui; M. microcapsularis; M. sarotherodoni; M. zillii; Myxobolus sp.; Occurrence; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

GILL; HOST SPECIFICITY; LAKE; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS DOSSOUI; PARASITIC INFECTION; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; SEASONALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

HOST SPECIFICITY; ICHTHYOFAUNA; PARASITE;

AFRICA; LAKE NOKOUE;

GERVAIS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS SP.; MYXOSPOREA; SAROTHERODON MELANOTHERON; TILAPIA; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0035836421     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao044217     Document Type: Article

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