Parasite fauna of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in Uganda

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 315-323

  Akoll, Peter ^a,b   Konecny, Robert ^b,c   Mwanja, Wilson W ^d   Nattabi, Juliet K ^a   Agoe, Catherine ^a   Schiemer, Fritz ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOGYRUS TILAPIAE; AFRICAN CATFISH; AMIRTHA LINGAMIA MACRACANTHA; AMPHILINIDAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISAKID; ARTICLE; BOLBOPHORUS; CAMALLANIDAE; CATFISH; CICHLIDOGYRUS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CLINOSTOMUM CUTANEUM; EPISTYLIS; FISH HABITAT; GILL; HATCHERY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ICHTHYOBODO; INTESTINE; LAMPROGLENA; MACROGYRODACTYLUS CONGOLENSIS; MONOBOTHRIOIDES; MYXOBOLUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; ORNITHODIPLOSTOMUM; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SPECIES COMPOSITION; PARASITE SPECIES DIVERSITY; PARASITE SPECIES RICHNESS; PARASITISM; PISCICULTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SKIN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREMATODE; TRICHODINID; UGANDA; ZOOGONOIDES;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CATFISHES; CICHLIDS; GILLS; PARASITES; UGANDA;

AMIRTHALINGAMIA; AMPHILINIDAE; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; MONOGENEA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; PROTOZOA; ZOOGONOIDES;

EID: 84856848534     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2491-4     Document Type: Article

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