Grouping facilitates avoidance of parasites by fish
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Monogenean Parasites of Fish 1
2. Peggy Reed, director, All Florida Veterinary Laboratory, Alachua, FL; Ruth Francis-Floyd, professor, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (College of Veterinary Medicine); RuthEllen Klinger, biological scientist, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (College of Veterinary Medicine); and Denise Petty, clinical assistant professo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasites & Vectors
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1756-3305
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-301