Cryptosporidium scophthalmi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from cultured turbot Scophthalmus maximus. Light and electron microscope description and histopathological study

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 133-145

  Alvarez Pellitero, P ^a   Quiroga, M I ^b   Sitja Bobadilla A ^a   Redondo, M J ^a   Palenzuela, O ^a   Padros F ^c   Vazquez S ^b   Nieto, J M ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Veterinaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Coccidia; Cryptosporidium scophthalmi n. sp.; Histopathology; Teleostei; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SCOPHTHALMI; SCOPHTHALMUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11144315367     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao062133     Document Type: Article

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