Infections with Philometra sp. associated with mortalities in wild-hatched captive-raised striped bass, Morone saxatilis (Walbaum)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-481

  Seguin G ^a   Bouchard, F ^b   Measures, L N ^c   Uhland, C F ^a   Lair, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Morone saxatilis; Nematode; Parasite; Philometra sp.; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASS; CANADA; DRACUNCULUS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIRURID INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BASS; DRACUNCULOIDEA; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; NEW BRUNSWICK; PERITONITIS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; NEMATODA; PHILOMETRA (NEMATODE);

EID: 79955639494     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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