Effect of passage through the gastrointestinal tract of mice on the viability of Myxobolus cerebralis (Myxozoa) spores

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 276-279

  El Matbouli, M ^a   Sobottka, I ^b   Schumacher, U ^b   Schottelius, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOZOA; SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 32644436955     PISSN: 01080288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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