Transportation and handling stress of white suckers raised in cages

Aquaculture International

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 385-396

  Bandeen, Janice ^a   Leatherland, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Handling stress; Plasma cortisol; Transportation; White suckers (Catostomus commersoni)

Indexed keywords

CATOSTOMIDAE; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI;

EID: 0001361374     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018376510141     Document Type: Article

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