Effects of ammonia and nitrate concentration on hematologic and serum biochemical profiles of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops × Morone saxatilis)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-135

  Hrubec, Terry C ^a   Robertson, John L ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BASS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ELECTROLYTES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NITRATES; PLATELET COUNT;

EID: 0031065110     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.1997.58.02.131     Document Type: Article

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