Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 401-406

  Horton, T ^a,b   Okamura, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ceratothoa oestroides; Dicentrarchus labrax; Feeding; Isopoda

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; FISH CULTURE; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BASS; FISH DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; ISOPODA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BASS; FISH DISEASES; HEMATOCRIT; ISOPODA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHOA; CERATOTHOA OESTROIDES; CYMOTHOIDAE; DICENTRARCHUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; ISOPODA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0042071419     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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