Occurrence of the myxosporean emaciation disease caused by Enteromyxum leei in cultured Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 175-180

  Yasuda, Hiroshi ^a   Ooyama, Tsuyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Atsushi ^a   Iwata, Kazuo ^a   Palenzuela, Oswaldo ^b   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^c  

^a Miyazaki Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^b CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emaciation disease; Enteromyxum leei; Japanese flounder; Myxozoa; Paralichthys olivaceus; Takifugu rubripes; Tiger puffer

Indexed keywords

ENTEROMYXUM LEEI; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 33644823358     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.40.175     Document Type: Article

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