Histopathological and ultrastructural observations of metacercarial infections of Diplostomum phoxini (Digenea) in the brain of minnows Phoxinus phoxinus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Dezfuli, Bahram Sayyaf ^a   Capuano, Silvia ^a   Simoni, Edi ^a   Giari, Luisa ^a   Shinn, Andrew Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain infection; Digenean trematode; Histopathology; Phoxinus phoxinus; Rodlet cells; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLATWORM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENDRICK RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CYPRINIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); DIPLOSTOMUM PHOXINI; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 34248343384     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao075051     Document Type: Article

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