In vivo exposure of susceptible and non-susceptible fish species to myxobolus cerebralis actinospores reveals non-specific invasion behaviour

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Kallert, Dennis M ^a   Eszterbauer, Edit ^a,b   Grabner, Daniel ^a   El Matbouli, Mansour ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Common carp; FDA staining; Host specificity; Myxobolus cerebralis; Myxozoa; qPCR; Rainbow trout; Triactinomyxon

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; INCUBATION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CARP; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FISH DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MYXOBOLUS; PARASITOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT;

ANIMALS; CARPS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MYXOBOLUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TRIACTINOMYXON;

EID: 65649113920     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02034     Document Type: Article

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