Diversity of metazoan parasites of the Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852), as indicators of pollution in the Limpopo and Olifants River systems

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Madanire Moyo, Grace N ^a   Luus Powell, Wilmien J ^a   Olivier, Pieter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CICHLIDOGYRUS; CICHLIDOGYRUS HALLI; CICHLIDOGYRUS TILAPIAE; CLINOSTOMUM; CONTRACAECUM; CYATHOPHARYNX; DIPLOSTOMUM; ENTEROGYRUS; METAZOA; MONOGENEA; NEASCUS; NEMATODA; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PROCAMALLANUS; SCUTOGYRUS; TIMONIELLA; UNIDENTIFIED NEMATODE;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOZAMBIQUE; NEMATODE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLLUTION; RIVER; TILAPIA; TREMATODE; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISH DISEASES; MOZAMBIQUE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; TILAPIA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84860154201     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.362     Document Type: Article

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