Non-lethal tissue sampling allows molecular screening for microsporidian parasites in signal, Pacifasticus leniusculus (Dana), and vulnerable white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet)

Freshwater Crayfish

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 145-150

  Imhoff, Emily M ^a   Mortimer, Robert J G ^a   Christmas, Martin ^b   Dunn, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius pallipes; Microsporidian parasites; Pacifastacus leniusculus; Porcelain disease; Thelohania contejeani

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES; MICROSPORIDIA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIA CONTEJEANI;

EID: 84863440216     PISSN: 20764324     EISSN: 20764332     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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