Loma salmonae and related species

Fish Parasites: Pathobiology and Protection

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 109-130

  Speare, David J ^a   Lovy, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

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