Massive parasitism by Gussevia tucunarense (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) in fingerlings of bujurqui-tucunare cultured in the Peruvian Amazon

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-225

  Mathews, Patrick D ^a   Mertins, Omar ^a   Mathews, John P D ^b   Orbe, Rosa I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Chaetobranchus semifasciatus; fish farming; Gussevia tucunarense; Monogenea; parasite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; FISH DISEASE; GILL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; PREVALENCE; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CICHLIDS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PERU; PLATYHELMINTHS; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877634362     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-013-0129-7     Document Type: Article

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