Abandoning the ship: Spontaneous mass exodus of Clinostomum complanatum (Rudolphi, 1814) progenetic metecercariae from the dying intermediate host Trichogaster fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Journal of Parasitic Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-140

  Rizvi, Asim ^a   Alam, Md Maroof ^a   Parveen, Saltanat ^a   Saleemuddin, M ^a   Abidi, S M A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clinostomum complanatum; Evolution; Mass exodus; Metacercaria; Trichogaster fasciatus

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINOSTOMUM COMPLANATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; TRICHOGASTER FASCIATUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857652296     PISSN: 09717196     EISSN: 09750703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12639-011-0077-9     Document Type: Article

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