Retrospective study of the prevalence of Pseudoloma neurophilia shows male sex bias in zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan)

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 367-370

  Chow, F W ^a   Xue, L ^a   Kent, M L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danio; Pseudoloma; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; VETERINARY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84957847851     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfd.12328     Document Type: Article

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