Effect of host factors and experimental conditions on the horizontal transmission of Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa) to gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata L., and European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-250

  Sitja Bobadilla A ^a   Diamant, A ^b   Palenzuela, O ^a   Alvarez Pellitero, P ^a  

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

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Dicentrarchus labrax; Enteromyxum leei; Experimental transmission; Myxosporea; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOON; SEA BREAM;

ANIMALS; BASS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEA BREAM;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; ENTEROMYXUM LEEI; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 33947654938     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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