Infection of Myxobolus galaxii (Myxozoa) in Galaxias maculatus (Osmeriformes: Galaxiidae) from northwestern Patagonian Andean Lakes (Argentina)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 418-421

  Flores, Verónica ^a   Viozzi, Gustavo ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE CYCLE; MIGRATION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MYXOBOLUS GALAXII; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSMERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; MALE; OSMERIFORMES; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

ARGENTINA; LAKE GUTIERREZ; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIIDAE; MYXOBOLUS; MYXOZOA; OSMERIFORMES;

EID: 34249011502     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-926R1.1     Document Type: Article

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