Evidence for an amoeba-like infectious stage of ichthyophonus sp. and description of a circulating blood stage: A probable mechanism for dispersal within the fish host

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-240

  Kocan, Richard ^a   Lapatra, Scott ^a,b   Hershberger, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CLEAR SPRINGS FOODS INC   (United States)

^c WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISPERSAL; HISTOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; PROTIST; SALMONID; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FISH; FISH DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ICHTHYOPHONUS; ICHTHYOSPOREA; ICHTHYOSPOREA INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC STAGHORN SCULPIN; PARASITE ISOLATION; RAINBOW TROUT; SCHIZONT; STOMACH; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH WALL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GILLS; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MESOMYCETOZOEA; MESOMYCETOZOEA INFECTIONS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARASITEMIA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; STOMACH;

ICHTHYOPHONUS; LEPTOCOTTUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 84876697819     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3255.1     Document Type: Article

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