Prevalence of Haplorchis taichui and Haplorchoides sp. metacercariae in freshwater fish from water reservoirs, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-112

  Nithikathkul, Choosak ^a   Wongsawad, Chalobol ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chiang Mai; Freshwater fish; Haplorchis taichui; Haplorchoides sp.; Metacercaria; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FRESHWATER FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HAPLORCHOIDES; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUMMER; THAILAND; TREMATODE; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TREMATODIASIS;

ANABAS TESTUDINEUS; BARBODES ALTUS; BARBODES GONIONOTUS; CYCLOCHEILICHTHYS APOGON; HAMPALA MACROLEPIDOTA; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HAPLORCHOIDES; HETEROPHYIDAE; MORULIUS; MYSTACOLEUCUS MARGINATUS; NOTOPTERUS NOTOPTERUS; OSTEOCHILUS HASSELTI; PISCES; PUNTIOPLITES; TREMATODA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HETEROPHYIDAE; THAILAND; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 48449095515     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.2.109     Document Type: Article

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