Perkinsus olseni detected in Vietnamese aquacultured reef clams Tridacna crocea imported to the USA, following a mortality event

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-235

  Sheppard, Barbara J ^a   Phillips, Ayanna Carla ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Inflammation; Perkinsus olseni; Tridacna crocea; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

BIVALVE; DETECTION METHOD; MOLLUSC CULTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; REEF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; GENETICS; GILL; GONAD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GILLS; GONADS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PERKINSUS OLSENI; PERKINSUS SP.; TRIDACNA CROCEA;

EID: 44949166415     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01888     Document Type: Article

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