Release of infectious cells from epidermal ulcers in ichthyophonus sp.infected pacific herring (Clupea pallasii): Evidence for multiple mechanisms of transmission

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 348-352

  Kocan, Richard M ^a   Gregg, Jacob L ^a,b   Hershberger, Paul K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CLUPEOID; CYTOLOGY; INGESTION RATE; LESION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ICHTHYOPHONUS; ICHTHYOSPOREA; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC HERRING; PAPULE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLANKTON; SKIN ULCER;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MESOMYCETOZOEA INFECTIONS; MUCUS; MUSCLES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; ULCER;

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; ICHTHYOPHONUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77953582283     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2292.1     Document Type: Article

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