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Infection by the parasite Myxobolus bejeranoi (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) suppresses the immune system of hybrid tilapia
2022-06-24
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<h4>Background: </h4> Tilapia is the second most cultured fish worldwide and in Israel, it constitutes 60% of total production. Recently, the myxozoan parasite Myxobolus bejeranoi was found to infect the gills of hybrid tilapia (Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ) X Jordan/Blue tilapia ( O. aureus )), causing high morbidity and mortality. Myxozoa (Cnidaria) is a large group of microscopic obligate endoparasites...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e59adfdb-e698-521d-b1d0-f92777d6d445
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1765804/v1
