Parvicapsula minibicornis in anadromous sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) and coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) salmon from tributaries of the Columbia River

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 882-885

  Jones, Simon ^a   Prosperi Porta, Gina ^a   Dawe, Sheila ^a   Taylor, Kimberley ^a   Goh, Benjamin ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RIVER; SALMONID; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PARVICAPSULA MINIBICORNIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER BASIN; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALMON;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MYXOSPOREA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PARVICAPSULA; PARVICAPSULA MINIBICORNIS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 4344717794     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-210R1     Document Type: Article

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