Population dynamics of Tylodelphys destructor and Diplostomum mordax (Digenea: Diplostomidae) co-occurring in the brain of patagonian silversides from Lake Pellegrini, Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 784-788

  Viozzi, Gustavo P ^a   Flores, Verónica R ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diplostomiasis; Diplostomum mordax; Odontesthes hatcheri; Patagonia; Silversides; Tylodelphys destructor

Indexed keywords

DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; DIPLOSTOMIDA; DIPLOSTOMUM; ODONTESTHES; ODONTESTHES HATCHERI; PISCES; TYLODELPHYS;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BRAIN; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038682085     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.4.784     Document Type: Article

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