A histology-based fish health assessment of four commercially and ecologically important species from the Okavango Delta panhandle, Botswana

African Journal of Aquatic Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-282

  van Dyk, J C ^a   Marchand, M J ^a   Smit, N J ^a   Pieterse, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clarias gariepinus; Clarias ngamensis; Histology; Oreochromis andersonii; Parasites; Serranochromis angusticeps

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLARIAS NGAMENSIS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS ANDERSONII; SERRANOCHROMIS ANGUSTICEPS;

EID: 74949140182     PISSN: 16085914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAS.2009.34.3.9.985     Document Type: Article

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