Serum haemolytic and agglutinating activity as indicators of fish immunocompetence: Their suitability in stress and dietary studies

Aquaculture International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-41

  Tort, Lluis ^a   Gómez, Eladi ^a   Montero, Daniel ^b   Sunyer, J Oriol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agglutinating activity; Complement; Haemolytic activity; Immunocompetence; Sea bream (Sparus aurata); Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030065957     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00175219     Document Type: Article

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