| defeating diplostomoid dangers in usa catfish aquaculture. | diplostomoid digenean metacercariae have caused widescale mortalities of channel catfish, ictalurus punctatus (rafinesque), at aquaculture farms in louisiana, mississippi and arkansas, usa. originally, based on a tentative diagnosis, the industry considered the primary harmful agent to be an introduced species from europe, bolbophorus confusus (krause, 1914), frequently reported from the american white pelican, pelecanus erythrorhynchos gmelin. our group has now shown, using its 1-2 plus three m ... | 2004 | 15357393 |