Cholinergic components of the nervous system of the digenean parasites, Haplorchoides cahirinus and Acanthostomum absconditum from the catfish Bagrus bayad in Egypt

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 272-279

  Arafa, Safaa Zaky ^a   Reda, Enayat Salem ^a   El Naggar, Mohammed Mohammed ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acanthostomum absconditum; Bagrus bayad; Cholinesterase; Digenea; Fish; Haplorchoides cahirinus; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

CATFISH; HAPLORCHOIDES; TIMONIELLA;

EID: 0036940252     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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