Ultrastructure of Didymocystis semiglobularis (Didymozoidae, Digenea) cysts in the gills of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 641-647

  Di Maio, Alessandro ^a,c   Mladineo, Ivona ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYST; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FIBROBLAST; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYSTS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERCIFORMES; TREMATODA;

DIDYMOCYSTIS; DIDYMOZOIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 46749116345     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1025-1     Document Type: Article

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