Exotic perkinsus sp. Protozoa in an imported Vietnamese ornamental clam (tridacna crocea) maintained in a home aquarium

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-146

  Sheppard, Barbara J ^a   Dungan, Christopher F ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clam; Mollusk; Perkinsus olseni; Protozoa; Tridacna crocea

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CASE REPORT; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; GENETICS; GILL; GONAD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; GILLS; GONADS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PERKINSUS OLSENI; PERKINSUS SP.; PROTOZOA; TRIDACNA CROCEA;

EID: 65249087898     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0174.1     Document Type: Article

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