Metacercariae of Centrocestus formosanus in goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) imported into Croatia

Helminthologia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 214-216

  Gjurcevic E ^a   Petrinec, Z ^a   Kozaric Z ^a   Kuzir S ^a   Gjurcevic Kantura V ^a   Vucemilo M ^a   Dzaja P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Centrocestus formosanus; Goldfish; Histopathological changes

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS; CENTROCESTUS FORMOSANUS;

EID: 35448985444     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-007-0034-4     Document Type: Article

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