Histopathology of five species of Didymocystis spp. (digenea: Didymozoidae) in cage-reared Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus )

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-484

  Mladineo, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Didymocystis; Digenea; Gross pathology; Histology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAGE; CECUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITOLOGY; PYLORUS; REARING; SEA; SEROSA; SPECIES; STOMACH FUNDUS; TISSUE REACTION; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; TUNA;

ANIMALS; CROATIA; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TUNA; VISCERA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COELIODIDYMOCYSTIS ABDOMINALIS; DIDYMOCYSTIS; DIDYMOZOIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); THUNNUS THYNNUS; THUNNUS THYNNUS THYNNUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 33644950507     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-006-3207-6     Document Type: Article

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