Tubifex tubifex from Alaska and their susceptibility to Myxobolus cerebralis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1332-1342

  Arsan, E Leyla ^a   Hallett, Sascha L ^a   Bartholomew, Jerri L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GENETICS; PARASITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID;

ANNELID WORM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INVERTEBRATE; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOZOAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; FISH DISEASES; OLIGOCHAETA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALMONIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 34447542185     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1117.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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