Prevalence and pathology of ectoparasites of Mediterranean fish, reared under three different environmental and aquaculture conditions in Greece

Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-216

  Vagianou, St ^a   Athanassopoulou, F ^a   Ragias, V ^b   Di Cave, D ^c   Leontides, L ^a   Golomazou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax; Ectoparasites; Mediterranean fish; Sea bass; Sea bream; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CERATOTHOA OESTROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FECES ANALYSIS; FISH; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; ISOPODA; LERNATHROPUS KROYERI; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MICROCOTYLE CHRYSOPHRII; MONOGENEA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; SEA BREAM; SPARUS AURATA;

EID: 84984948757     PISSN: 17922720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/jhvms.15147     Document Type: Article

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