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Dissemination of triactinomyxons (Myxozoa) via oligochaetes used as live food for aquarium fishes.
Diseases of aquatic organisms - 1 Jun 2005
Hallett Sascha L, Atkinson Stephen D, Erséus Christer, El-Matbouli Mansour
Abstract excerpt
Freshwater 'tubifex' oligochaetes sold as live food for aquarium fishes were purchased from several pet shops in Munich, Germany, over a 1 yr period (March 2001 to February 2002). These samples were screened for parasitic infections of actinosporean myxozoans to gauge the possibility of parasite dispersal via this route. Of 7 samples, 6 contained infected oligochaetes; waterborne spores were present in 5 samples...
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