Immunostimulation of juvenile turbot (Scophthalmusmaximus L.) using an alginate with high mannuronic acid content administered via the live food organism Artemia

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 531-534

  Skjermo, Jorunn ^a   Defoort, Thomas ^b,d   Dehasque, Marleen ^b,e   Espevik, Terje ^c   Olsen, Yngvar ^a   Skjak Brfek, Gudmund ^c   Sorgeloos, Patrick ^b   Vadstein, Olav ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e INVE Aquaculture SA ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Artenaia; Immunostimulation; Live food; Marine fish larvae; Micro spheres; Non specific immune defence; Scophthalmus maximus L; Uronic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000344314     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-4648(95)80053-0     Document Type: Article

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