Sphaerospora dicentrarchi and S. testicularis (Myxozoa: Sphaerosporidae) in farmed European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from Italy

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 208-210

  Fioravanti, Maria Letizia ^a   Caffara, Monica ^a   Florio, Daniela ^a   Gustinelli, Andrea ^a   Marcer, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; European seabass; Italy; Mariculture; Myxosporea; Sphaerospora dicentrarchi; Sphaerospora testicularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICENTRARCHUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PROTOZOA; SPHAEROSPORA; SPHAEROSPORA DICENTRARCHI; SPHAEROSPORA TESTICULARIS; SPHAEROSPORIDAE;

EID: 3342913172     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2004.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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