First record of anguillicoloides crassus (Nematoda) in American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in Canadian Estuaries, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 483-486

  Rockwell, L S ^a   Jones, K M M ^a,b   Cone, D K ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEMATODE; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; TELEOST;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLICOLOIDES CRASSUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RIVER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CANADA; DRACUNCULUS; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SPIRURID INFECTION;

CANADA; CAPE BRETON; NOVA SCOTIA;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; NEMATODA;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FISH DISEASES; NOVA SCOTIA; RIVERS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651098988     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1739.1     Document Type: Article

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