Myxozoan parasites disseminated via oligochaete worms as live food for aquarium fishes: Descriptions of aurantiactinomyxon and raabeia actinospore types

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 213-225

  Hallett, Sascha L ^a,c   Atkinson, Stephen D ^a,c   Erséus, Christer ^b,d   El Matbouli, Mansour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinospore; Myxozoa; Oligochaete; Parasite dispersal; Pet shop

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; DNA; FISH; FOOD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MUNICH;

ANNELIDA; AURANTIACTINOMYXON; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINACTINOMYXON; HEXACTINOMYXON; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS INTIMUS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PISCES; RAABEIA; TRIACTINOMYXON; TUBIFEX;

EID: 33646499692     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao069213     Document Type: Article

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