Influence of flumequine and oxytetracycline on the resistance of the European eel against the parasitic swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 127-134

  Van Der Heijden, M H T ^a   Helders, G M ^a   Booms, G H R ^a   Huisman, E A ^a   Rombout, J H W M ^a   Boon, J H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anguillicola crassus; antibacterial drugs; European eel; leucocytes; resistance

Indexed keywords

FLUMEQUINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HOST RESISTANCE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLICOLA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029943713     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(95)05532-0     Document Type: Article

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