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Mar 24, 2025; e14123.

Survey on Kudoa thyrsites in Sardina pilchardus From the Central Tyrrhenian Sea.

Paolo Cipriani, Marialetizia Palomba, Luca Ruggiero, Stig Mæle, Lucilla Giulietti
Author Information
  1. Paolo Cipriani: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. ORCID
  2. Marialetizia Palomba: Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB), Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy.
  3. Luca Ruggiero: Fish Auditing, Coop Marinai e Caratisti Scrl, Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy.
  4. Stig Mæle: Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway.
  5. Lucilla Giulietti: Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway. ORCID
PMID: 40125943 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.14123

Abstract

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Keywords

Sardina pilchardus Kudoa thyrsites Mediterranean Sea myoliquefaction soft flesh

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