An intestinal Eimeria infection in juvenile Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) cultured in Vietnam - A first report

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 106-112

  Gibson Kueh, S ^a   Thuy, N T N ^b   Elliot, A ^a   Jones, J B ^c   Nicholls, P K ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Minh Hai Sub Institute for Fisheries Research   (Viet Nam)

^c Fish Health Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eimeria; Lates calcarifer; Pathology; Systemic iridovirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EIMERIA; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRIDOVIRUS; LATES CALCARIFER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIET NAM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BASS; COCCIDIOSIS; FISH DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; VIETNAM;

EIMERIA; IRIDOVIRUS; LATES CALCARIFER;

EID: 80052536385     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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