Eye fluke-induced cataract formation in fish: Quantitative analysis using an ophthalmological microscope

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 473-478

  Karvonen, A ^a   Seppala O ^a   Valtonen, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diplostomum spathaceum; Fish farming; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Parasite induced cataract; Slit lamp microscopy; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; LENS; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; SLIT LAMP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CATARACT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FISH DISEASES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

DIPLOSTOMUM; DIPLOSTOMUM SPATHACEUM; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; SALMONIDAE; SPATHACEUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 5644271559     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006006     Document Type: Article

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