Guide to the identification of fish protozoan and metazoan parasites in stained tissue sections

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-36

  Bruno, D W ^a   Nowak, B ^b   Elliott, D G ^c  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Light microscopy; Metazoa; Protozoa; Staining; Tissue sections

Indexed keywords

FINFISH; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METAZOAN; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

METAZOA; MYXOSPOREA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33746045737     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao070001     Document Type: Review

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