Occurrence of the microsporidian parasite Nucleospora salmonis in four species of salmonids from the Massif Central of France

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  El Alaoui, Hicham ^a   Grésoviac, Stéphane J ^a   Vivarès, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Intranuclear parasite; Microsporidia; Nucleospora salmonis; rDNA; Salmonid fish

Indexed keywords

MICROSPORIDIA; NUCLEOSPORA SALMONIS; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMO TRUTTA FARIO; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; THYMALLUS THYMALLUS;

EID: 33645729989     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2006.002     Document Type: Article

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