Preliminary morphometrics of spleen and kidney macrophage aggregates in clinically normal blue gourami Trichogaster trichopterus and freshwater angelfish Pterophyllum scalare

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-67

  Russo, Riccardo ^a,c   Yanong, Roy P E ^a   Terrell, Scott P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CICHLID; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRIDOVIRUS; KIDNEY; MACROPHAGE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOGENICITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; IRIDOVIRUS; KIDNEY; MACROPHAGES; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERCIFORMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

IRIDOVIRUS; PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE; TRICHOGASTER TRICHOPTERUS;

EID: 34249652982     PISSN: 08997659     EISSN: 15488667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/H05-023.1     Document Type: Article

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