- costiasis
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costiasis
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costiasis — an infection of the skin, fins and gills of aquarium and hatchery fish by the flagellate protozoan Costia necatrix (or Ichthyobodo; and also Chilodonella, Trichodina). Found in young fish just as they start feeding externally, in colder waters.… … Dictionary of ichthyology
costiasis — noun a fatal disease of freshwater fish caused by a flagellated protozoan invading the skin • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease … Useful english dictionary
skin slime disease — costiasis (an infection of the skin, fins and gills of aquarium and hatchery fish by the flagellate protozoan Costia sp. (or Ichthyobodo; and also Chilodonella, Trichodina). Found in young fish just as they start feeding externally, in colder… … Dictionary of ichthyology
blue slime disease — 1) costiasis (an infection of the skin, fins and gills of aquarium and hatchery fish by the flagellate protozoan Costia sp. (or Ichthyobodo; and also Chilodonella, Trichodina). Found in young fish just as they start feeding externally, in colder… … Dictionary of ichthyology
animal disease — noun a disease that typically does not affect human beings • Hypernyms: ↑disease • Hyponyms: ↑warble, ↑anaplasmosis, ↑aspergillosis, ↑brooder pneumonia, ↑bighead, ↑bovine spong … Useful english dictionary
costia — noun a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis • Syn: ↑Costia necatrix • Hypernyms: ↑flagellate, ↑flagellate protozoan, ↑flagellated protozoan, ↑mastigophoran, ↑mastigophore … Useful english dictionary
Costia necatrix — noun a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis • Syn: ↑costia • Hypernyms: ↑flagellate, ↑flagellate protozoan, ↑flagellated protozoan, ↑mastigophoran, ↑mastigophore … Useful english dictionary
