Pathological study on the scuticociliatosis affecting farmed Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1359-1362

  Moustafa, Eman Moustafa Moustafa ^a,b,d   Naota, Misaki ^a   Morita, Takehito ^a   Tange, Nahoko ^c   Shimada, Akinori ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tottori Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^d Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Miamiensis avidus; Paralichthys olivaceus; Scuticociliatosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIATE INFECTION; FIN (ORGAN); FISH DISEASE; FLOUNDER; JAPAN; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; JAPAN; NECROSIS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN ULCER;

CILIOPHORA; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PISCES; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 78249269799     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0026     Document Type: Article

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