Effect of injected growth hormone on phagocytosis in silver sea bream (sparus sarba) adapted to hyper- and hypo-osmotic salinities

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 515-517

  Narnaware, Yuwaraj K ^a   Kelly, Scott P ^a   Woo, Norman Y S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Macrophage phagocytosis; Non specific immunity; Salinity; Sea bream

Indexed keywords

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; PTERYCOMBUS BRAMA; RHABDOSARGUS SARBA; SPARUS;

EID: 0031256526     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1997.0103     Document Type: Article

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