Occurrence of Proteocephalus tetrastomus (Rudolphi, 1810) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) in Larval Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax) in North America: Identification of a Potential Pathogen Confirmed

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 425-427

  Scholz, T ^a   Marcogliese, D J ^b   Bourque, J F ^c   Skerikova A ^a   Dodson, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

PARASITE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CESTODE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESTUARY; EVALUATION; FISH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEOCEPHALUS TETRASTOMUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FISH DISEASES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMERIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RIVERS;

CESTODA; OSMERIDAE; OSMERUS MORDAX; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALUS; PROTEOCEPHALUS TETRASTOMUS;

EID: 2442582303     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3264RN     Document Type: Article

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