Experimental scuticociliatosis in japanese flounder (paralichthys olivaceus) infected with miamiensis avidus: Pathological study on the possible neural routes of invasion and dissemination of the scuticociliate inside the fish body

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1557-1563

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

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tottori Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

^d Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Japanese flounder; Miamiensis avidus; Neural routes; Scuticociliatosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CILIATE INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; EYE; FISH DISEASE; FLOUNDER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; EYE; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPINAL CORD;

MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PHILASTERIDES; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 78650947675     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0214     Document Type: Article

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