Hemorrhagic anemia of carp associated with spore discharge of Myxobolus artus (Myxozoa: Myxosporea)

Fish Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Danjo, Tomonori ^a   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a   Arima, Taeko ^b   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropol Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Carp; Cyprinus carpio; Myxobolus artus; Myxosporean

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344444588     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.31.19     Document Type: Article

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