Selected pathological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural changes associated with an infection by Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) (Cestoda) plerocercoids in Coregonus lavaretus (L.) (Coregonidae)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 471-482

  Dezfuli, B S ^a   Pironi, F ^a   Simoni, E ^a   Shinn, A P ^b   Giari, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coregonus lavaretus; Diphyllobothrium dendriticum; Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Plerocercoid; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BOMBESIN; GALANIN; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FISH DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RAT; SALMONID; STOMACH; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; FISH DISEASES; GALANIN; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RABBITS; RATS; SALMONIDAE; SEROTONIN; STOMACH; SUBSTANCE P; SWINE;

CESTODA; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM DENDRITICUM; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34447520216     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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