Morphopathological changes of the testicular tissue of Egyptian toad, Bufo regularis (Amphibia, Bufonidae) infected with Myxobolus sp. (Myxozoa, Myxobolidae)

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-118

  Mubarak, Muhammad ^a   Abed, Gamal H ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Morphopathology; Myxobolus sp; Myxozoa; Testes; Toad

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347608923     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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