Microsporidian infection in the trunk muscle of hatchery-bred juvenile spotted halibut Verasper variegatus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yokoyama, Fumihiko ^b   Zhang, Jin Yong ^a   Tsuruoka, Kouta ^a   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beko disease; Microsporidia; Microsporidium seriolae; Seriola quinqueradiata; Spotted halibut; Verasper variegatus

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MICROSPORIDIUM SERIOLAE; MICROSPORUM; PAGRUS MAJOR; SERIOLA QUINQUERADIATA; SPARUS AURATA; VERASPER VARIEGATUS;

EID: 62249174445     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.43.137     Document Type: Article

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