Neurological symptoms in tricolor sharkminnow Balantiocheilos melanopterus associated with Myxobolus balantiocheili n. sp. infecting the central nervous system

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-140

  Levsen, Arne ^a   Alvik, Tor ^b   Grotmol, Sindre ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Balantiocheilos melanopterus; Central nervous system; Description; Myxobolus balantiocheili; New species; Pathology; Thailand; Tricolor sharkminnow

Indexed keywords

NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEW SPECIES; PATHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALANTIOCHEILOS MELANOPTERUS; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS BALANTIOCHEILI;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; FISH DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYPRINIDAE; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; THAILAND;

EID: 3242781058     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao059135     Document Type: Article

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