The effects of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids on the growth features of tench, Tinca tinca

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1337-1341

  Ergönül, Mehmet Borga ^a   Altindaǧ, Ahmet ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Ligula intestinalis; Plerocercoid; Prevalence; Tinca tinca

Indexed keywords

ANKARA; CESTODA; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; TINCA TINCA;

EID: 32644453254     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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