Relationship between Marteilioides chungmuensis infection and reproduction in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-212

  Tun, Kay Lwin ^a   Itoh, Naoki ^a,b   Ueki, Noriyuki ^c   Yoshinaga, Tomoyoshi ^a   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Fish Propagation Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Gonadal development; Marteilioides chungmuensis; Oocyte; Pacific oyster; Parasite; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CRASSOSTREA; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MARTEILIOIDES CHUNGMUENSIS; OSTREIDAE; PARAMYXEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35348839014     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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