Two epizootic diseases in Chesapeake Bay commercial clams, Mya arenaria and Tagelus plebeius

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-78

  Dungan, Christopher F ^a   Hamilton, Rosalee M ^a   Hudson, Karen L ^a   McCollough, Carol B ^a   Reece, Kimberly S ^a  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermo disease; Disseminated neoplasia; Hemic neoplasia; Mollusc neoplasia; Perkinsus andrewsi; Perkinsus chesapeaki; Razor clam; Softshell clam

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; SHELLFISH FISHERY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS ANDREWSI; PERKINSUS CHESAPEAKI; PERKINSUS SP.; PROTOZOA; SOLENIDAE; TAGELUS; TAGELUS PLEBEIUS;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOPLASM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIVALVIA; FISHERIES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MARYLAND; NEOPLASMS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 0037150454     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao050067     Document Type: Article

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