Immune responses in an air-breathing teleost Clarius batrachus

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-114

  Sinha, Asha ^a   Chakravarty, Ashim K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Air breathing teleost; Antibody; Cell mediated immune responses; Clarius batrachus; Haemolysin

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOIDES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0031068990     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1996.0067     Document Type: Article

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