Susceptibility of Tubifex tubifex (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from the Rock Creek drainage of west central Montana, U.S.A., to Myxobolus cerebralis (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae), the causative agent of salmonid whirling disease

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-97

  Gilbert, Michael A ^a   Granath Jr , Willard O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelida; Montana; Myxobolus cerebralis; Myxozoa; Oligochaete; Susceptibility; Tubifex tubifex; U.S.A.; Whirling disease

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; MYXOBOLIDAE; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SALMONIDAE; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 39149088660     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4310.1     Document Type: Article

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