Morphological characterization and notes on the life cycle of a newly discovered variant of Loma salmonae (Putz, Hoffman & Dunbar) from a natural infection of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 609-616

  Lovy, J ^a   Wadowska, D W ^a   Wright, G M ^a   Speare, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental stages; Loma salmonae; Microsporidia; Salmonid; Ultrastructure; Variant

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIFE CYCLE; SALMONID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SALMON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSPORIDIA; SALMON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FONTINALIS; LOMA; LOMA SALMONAE; MICROSPORIDIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 7444270667     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2004.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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