Pathology survey of the short-neck clam Ruditapes philippinarum occurring on sandy tidal flats along the coast of Ariake Bay, Kyushu, Japan

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Park, Kyung Il ^a   Tsutsumi, Hiroaki ^b   Hong, Jae Sang ^c   Choi, Kwang Sik ^d  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ariake Bay; Castration; Cestode; Histopathology; Perkinsus olseni; Ruditapes philippinarum; Trematode; Vibrio tapetis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIVALVE; CESTODIASIS; JAPAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIVALVIA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CESTODA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS OLSENI; TREMATODA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO TAPETIS;

EID: 52049108479     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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