Evaluation of a vector-control strategy of haemorrhagic thelohanellosis in carp, caused by Thelohanellus hovorkai (Myxozoa)

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-35

  Liyanage, Yasoja S ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinosporean; Branchiura sowerbyi; Common carp; Cyprinus carpio; Myxosporean; Thelohanellus hovorkai; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FISH CULTURE; SUBSTRATE;

ACTINOMYXIDA; ANNELIDA; BRANCHIURA SOWERBYI; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LIMNODRILUS; LIMNODRILUS SOCIALIS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); THELOHANELLUS HOVORKAI;

EID: 0038720468     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao055031     Document Type: Article

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