Infection patterns of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) by two helminth species with contrasting life styles

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1461-1472

  Akoll, Peter ^a,b   Konecny, Robert ^b,c   Mwanja, Wilson W ^d   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

AMIRTHALINGAMIA MACRACANTHA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOLBOPHORUS; CESTODE; FEMALE; HABITAT QUALITY; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LARVAL STAGE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CICHLIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTHS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; METACERCARIAE; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

AMIRTHALINGAMIA; BOLBOPHORUS; CESTODA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; VERMES;

EID: 84863484888     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2649-0     Document Type: Article

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