Humoral immune response of ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis to Glugea plecoglossi (Protozoa: Microspora)

Fish Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-220

  Kim, Jeong Ho ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Ogawa, Kazuo ^a   Takahashi, Sei ^b   Wakabayashi, Hisatsugu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Shiga Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayu; ELISA; Glugea plecoglossi; Humoral antibody; Immune response; Microsporidia; Plecoglossus altivelis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUGEA PLECOGLOSSI; MICROSPORIDIA; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030359428     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.31.215     Document Type: Article

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