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High prevalence of buccal ulcerations in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Centrarchidae) from Michigan inland lakes associated with Myzobdella lugubris Leidy 1851 (Annelida: Hirudinea)

Widespread mouth ulcerations were observed in largemouth bass collected from eight inland lakes in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan during the summer months of 2002 and 2003. These ulcerations were associated with, and most likely caused by, leech parasitism. Through the use of morphological dichotom...

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Autores principales: Faisal, M., Schulz, C., Eissa, A., Whelan, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21395209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011181079