Ultrastructure of Goussia cruciata (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) infecting the liver of horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (L.), from Ibero-Atlantic waters

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-132

  Gestal, C ^b   Azevedo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coccidian; Goussia cruciata; Ibero Atlantic waters; Pathology; Trachurus trachurus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COCCIDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EIMERIIDAE; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERCIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 15944387033     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2005.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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