Experimental transmission of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) to gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and histopathology of the infection

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Sitjà Bobadilla, Ariadna ^a   Alvarez Pellitero, Pilar ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Ectoparasites; Gills; Haematology; Monogenea; Sparidae

Indexed keywords

MONOGENEA; POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA; SPARICOTYLE CHRYSOPHRYII; SPARIDAE; SPARUS AURATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SEA BREAM;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEA BREAM;

EID: 68349092811     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2009.018     Document Type: Article

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