Surgical removal of an anal cyst caused by a protozoan parasite (Thelohanellus kitauei) from a koi (Cyprinus carpio)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 784-786

  Shin, Sang Phil ^a   Jee, Hyang ^a   Han, Jee Eun ^a   Kim, Ji Hyung ^a   Choresca Jr , Casiano H ^a   Jun, Jin Woo ^a   Kim, Dae Yong ^a   Park, Se Chang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARP; CASE REPORT; CYST; FISH DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANUS DISEASES; CARPS; CYSTS; FISH DISEASES; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; COPROSMA KAUENSIS; CYPRINUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PROTOZOA; THELOHANELLUS;

EID: 79953707621     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.6.784     Document Type: Article

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