Spontaneous steatitis of epicardial fat in farmed white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

Aquaculture

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 167-177

  Guarda, Franco ^a   Bertoja, Gianluca ^a   Zoccarato, Ivo ^b   Tartari, Enzo ^b   Biolatti, Bartolomeo ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Animale   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Scienze Zootecniche   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Patologia e Igiene Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Epicardial fat steatitis; Oxidised fat; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031574427     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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